Want of Discipline in a Church
1 Corinthians 5:1-13
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles…


I. IS A SERIOUS EVIL.

1. It degrades all.

2. Indicates declension of zeal, watchfulness, love, purity.

II. IS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH PRIDE.

1. The offender may be respectable; or —

2. The offence ignored.

III. IS A JUST CAUSE OF SORROW.

1. For the dishonour done to Christ.

2. The injury done to souls.

3. The discredit wrought upon God's cause.

(J. Lyth, DD.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

WEB: It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.




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