1 Corinthians 5:1-8 ▼

1 Your own members are aware that there is sexual sin going on among them. This kind of sin is not even heard of among unbelievers-a man is actually married to his father's wife.

2 You're being arrogant when you should have been more upset about this. If you had been upset, the man who did this would have been removed from among you.

3 Although I'm not physically present with you, I am with you in spirit. I have already judged the man who did this as though I were present with you.

4 When you have gathered together, I am with you in spirit. Then, in the name of our Lord Jesus, and with his power,

5 hand such a person over to Satan to destroy his corrupt nature so that his spiritual nature may be saved on the day of the Lord.

6 It's not good for you to brag. Don't you know that a little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough?

7 Remove the old yeast [of sin] so that you may be a new batch of dough, since you don't actually have the yeast [of sin]. Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

8 So we must not celebrate our festival with the old yeast [of sin] or with the yeast of vice and wickedness. Instead, we must celebrate it with the bread of purity and truth that has no yeast.