1 Corinthians 5:9 Meaning and Explanation
“I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul reminds the Corinthians of an earlier letter in which he told them not to associate with the sexually immoral.
What Does 1 Corinthians 5:9 Mean?
Paul refers back to a previous letter, not preserved for us, in which he had already instructed the church to keep no company with the sexually immoral. He now clarifies what he did and did not mean.
His pastoral concern is consistent: the believing community is meant to be a place of holiness, not a comfortable home for unrepented sin. Yet, as the next verse shows, his words had been misunderstood. Paul cares enough to repeat and refine his teaching so that the church neither tolerates evil nor withdraws from the world it is called to reach.
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What does 1 Corinthians 5:9 mean?
Paul reminds the Corinthians of an earlier letter in which he told them not to associate with the sexually immoral.