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But those who are outside, God judges. "Put away the wicked man from among yourselves."
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Judge Inside, Not Outside
Commentators unanimously explain that the church's responsibility for judgment and discipline is strictly limited to its own members. Paul instructs believers to handle internal sin but to leave the judgment of non-believers ('them that are without') to God. The church's primary focus should be on its own holiness, not on condemning the world.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But them, etc. Those who are unconnected with the church are under the direct and particular government of God. They are, indeed, sinners,…
Put away the wicked man (εξαρατε τον πονηρον). By this quotation from De 17:7 Paul clinches the case for the expulsion of the offe…
19th Century
Anglican
God judges.—In the best manuscripts the verb is in the future tense: God will judge. He is the judge of the whole earth; …
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Though it is logical and necessary for the church to exercise spiritual discipline over members within its fellowship (the question asked in v.12 i…
16th Century
Protestant
Put away that wicked person. This is commonly explained as referring to the person who was guilty of an illicit connection with his mother…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But them that are without God judgeth Or "will judge", in the great day of judgment; wherefore though such persons d…
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Christians are to avoid close association with all who disgrace the Christian name. Such are only fit companions for their fellows in sin, and to s…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle had advised the Corinthians to remove a sinner from their midst. But they postponed doing this because they misinterpreted …
