1 Corinthians 5:4

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

1 Corinthians 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:4

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
These words contain an account of the several things and circumstances, that should attend the awful act of the apostle, in delivering this man to Satan; it would be done "in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ"; by his command, power, and authority, and for his glory; in whose name all miraculous actions, as this was one, were performed:

when ye are gathered together;
as a church, in a public manner, in one place; not to do this business, for this was purely apostolical; but to be witness of this wonderful operation, to acknowledge the justice of God in it, and that they might fear and take warning by it:

and my spirit;
meaning that though he was absent in body, he should be present in spirit; and that the extraordinary gift of the Spirit of God bestowed on him would be visibly exercised upon this man before them all, as if he himself was in the midst of them; and this not by any power of his own, but

with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ;
to which all such miraculous effects, as this hereafter related, are to be ascribed.

1 Corinthians 5:4 In-Context

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
6 non bona gloriatio vestra nescitis quia modicum fermentum totam massam corrumpit
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