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NASB | 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported [everywhere] that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is condemned even among the [unbelieving] Gentiles: that someone has [an intimate relationship with] his father's wife. [Deut 22:30; 27:20] |
Bible Question: 1 corinthians 5:11 states that we are not to associate with anyone who calls himself a brother who is sexually immoral etc...with such a one do not even eat with. (paraphrased) What I want to know is how do you know exactly if that person is a believer living in sin or someone who claims to be a believer in sin...Even if the person says they are a Christian doesn't mean they are. Even if I doubt that they are a believer based on there own admission of being a believer does this scripture apply? 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 and used to even teach Sunday school and even had much knowledge of the scriptures. But when I counceled her to take the next step of faith and leave this boyfriend she did not heed my councel and came to church a week later with this live in boyfriend and wouldn't hardly look at me....I even called her and she did not return my call. I told her if she really loved God and had a healthy fear of Him she would obey the Lord.....So would she be considered a believer living in sexual sin by her own admission? |
Bible Answer: Greetings! I want to speak the Truth in love for I believe that you are jealous for the Lord. And although I don't want to judge your actions I'd like to ask you to be introspective for a moment . . . . What are you really upset about, the fact that the woman is continuing to live in sin or that she did not heed your counsel? Some observations for you to consider: Are we not all sinners? Do we dare judge the soul of another? God's Word tells us that there is healing when we confess our sins to one another. (James 5:16) Note also the response that God desires when one confesses, not "counsel" but rather PRAYER. BTW, I am believer and I still sin! I was forgiven on a cross many years ago. As I recognize my rebellion and sin, I repent. I agree with the Lord about this and seek His power to be at work in me to enable my feeble spirit to choose HIS way. I thank Him for His forgiveness and His cleansing, making me into something that I can not - a clean vessel fit for His use. Sometimes I need help from my sisters and brothers in the Lord and I thank God for those who will not judge or condemn me for my failures, but rather come along side to pray and encourage me to place my faith and trust in His ability . . . and sometimes this takes a lot of time. Let us remember that love is patient - it covers a multitude of sins, even ones that others commit! Blessings, mommapbs |