Dealing with a case of incest
1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: a man is sleeping with his father’s wife. 2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this? 3For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this. 4So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.5:5 Or of his body so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? 7Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch – as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people – 10not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13. but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.
12What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13God will judge those outside. ‘Expel the wicked person from among you.’5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7
Pavao osuđuje uznositost zbog duhovnosti
1Pročulo se o takvom bludu među vama, o takvom zlu kakvo čak ni pogani ne čine. Kažu mi da neki čovjek iz vaše crkve živi u grijehu sa ženom svojega oca. 2A vi ste se još umislili. Zašto niste u žalosti? Uklonite iz svojega zajedništva počinitelja tog nedjela.
3Iako nisam nazočan tijelom, nazočan sam duhom te sam presudio, kao da sam s vama, čovjeku koji je takvo što počinio: 4okupite Crkvu u ime našega Gospodina Isusa Krista. Ja ću biti s vama duhom, kao i sila Gospodina Isusa. 5Predajte toga čovjeka Sotoni u ruke: isključite ga iz Crkve da trpi u tijelu5:5 U grčkome: na propast tijela. kako bi se on5:5 U grčkome: njegov duh. spasio na dan Gospodina Isusa.
6Kako se još možete hvaliti! Kao da ne znate da malo kvasca ukvasi sve tijesto! Dopustite li jednomu da griješi, ubrzo će se grijeh proširiti. 7Očistite se od staroga kvasca da budete novo tijesto, kao što i jeste beskvasni, jer je naše pashalno janje—Krist—već žrtvovano. 8Svetkujmo zato blagdan, ne sa starim kvascem niti s kvascem zloće i pokvarenosti, već s beskvasnim kruhom čistoće i čestitosti.
9U prijašnjoj sam vam poslanici napisao da se ne družite s bludnicima. 10Nisam pri tome mislio na bludnike općenito, na nevjernike iz svijeta koji su bludnici, ili lakomci, ili varalice, ili idolopoklonici—jer inače biste morali izići iz svijeta. 11Mislio sam da se ne družite s ljudima koji sebe nazivaju kršćanima,5:11 U grčkome: braćom. a bludnici su, ili lakomci, ili idolopoklonici, ili klevetnici, ili pijanci, ili varalice.
12Nije na meni da sudim one koji su vani. Ali onima u Crkvi koji tako griješe trebate suditi. 13Onima koji su vani sudit će Bog. Ali u Svetome pismu piše: “Isključite opakoga iz svoje sredine.”
