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1 | What does1 Cor. 5:11 mean? | 1 Cor 5:1 | kalos | 104748 | ||
What does 1 Corinthians 5:11 mean? It says what it means and it means exactly what it says. NASB 1 Corinthians 5:11 But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler--not even to eat with such a one. AMPLIFIED 1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I write to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of [Christian] brother if he is known to be guilty of immorality or greed, or is an idolater [whose soul is devoted to any object that usurps the place of God], or is a person with a foul tongue [railing, abusing, reviling, slandering], or is a drunkard or a swindler or a robber. [No] you must not so much as eat with such a person. This verse doesn't say anything about judging whether a person is saved or not. It simply says: "not to associate with any SO-CALLED BROTHER if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler." (Emphasis added.) You write: "I met a new women in our church and she came forward for prayer feeling guilty of her addiction to prescription drugs and her live in boy friend. She says that she was saved..." The issue in this verse is not: Is that person a believer? If the person CLAIMS to be a believer and ADMITS that she has a live-in boyfriend, you're not judging whether she is a believer. The verse doesn't say not to associate with any BROTHER. Instead, it says, "not to associate with any SO-CALLED brother [anyone who bears the name of (Christian) brother (Amplified Bible)]." (Emphasis added). So there is no need to judge whether that person IS a brother. The point is that he himself CLAIMS to be a brother. Once a person CLAIMS he is a believer and "he is KNOWN to be guilty of immorality" etc., the Bible in plain language declares that we are not to associate with him -- period. (Emphasis added.) When does this Scripture apply? It applies whenever there is "a so-called brother who is an immoral person, [etc.]." |
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2 | What does1 Cor. 5:11 mean? | 1 Cor 5:1 | denim | 104790 | ||
Kalos, I am brand new to this board and I appreciate your responses here. Peace. |
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3 | What does1 Cor. 5:11 mean? | 1 Cor 5:1 | kalos | 104820 | ||
denim: Thank you for your kind words. And welcome to the forum! :-) --kalos |
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