1 Corinthians 5:3

3 ego quidem absens corpore praesens autem spiritu iam iudicavi ut praesens eum qui sic operatus est

1 Corinthians 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:3

For I verily, as absent in body
As he really was, being now at Philippi, if any dependence is to be had upon the subscription of this epistle; or rather at Ephesus; however, wherever he was, it is certain he was not at Corinth:

but present in spirit;
in his affection to them, care of them, and concern for their good, and the glory of God:

have judged already;
he had considered of the matter, thought very deliberately about it, and was now come to a point, to a determination concerning it, what to do in it:

as though I were present;
upon the spot, in person, to do what he had resolved upon:

to him that hath so done this deed;
this infamous one, and in so scandalous a manner, and which was continued in: what that was which the apostle, upon mature deliberation and judgment, determined to do with this wicked man, is expressed in ( 1 Corinthians 5:5 ) which is to be connected with this, the whole fourth verse being to be read in a parenthesis, and that was to deliver him to Satan.

1 Corinthians 5:3 In-Context

1 omnino auditur inter vos fornicatio et talis fornicatio qualis nec inter gentes ita ut uxorem patris aliquis habeat

2 et vos inflati estis et non magis luctum habuistis ut tollatur de medio vestrum qui hoc opus fecit

3 ego quidem absens corpore praesens autem spiritu iam iudicavi ut praesens eum qui sic operatus est

4 in nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi congregatis vobis et meo spiritu cum virtute Domini Iesu

5 tradere huiusmodi Satanae in interitum carnis ut spiritus salvus sit in die Domini Iesu