1I hear reports that sexual immorality is happening among you, immorality that even the foreigners don't practice. A man is living with his father's wife!

2You are so proud of yourselves! Shouldn't you have wept with sadness, and excluded the man who did this?

3Even though I'm not physically present there, I am there in spirit and just as if I were there I've already made my judgment of the one who has done this.

4When you meet together in the name of the Lord Jesus, I'll be there with you in spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus.

5Hand over this man to Satan so his sinful nature may be destroyed and he himself be saved on the day of the Lord. ¹⁶

6You shouldn't be proud about this. Don't you know that it only takes a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise? ¹⁷

7Get rid of this old yeast so that you can be a new batch of dough to make bread without yeast. Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed.

8So let us celebrate this festival ¹⁸, not with old yeast or the yeast of evil and wickedness, but with the bread made without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

9In my previous letter I wrote that you should not associate with immoral people.

10I wasn't referring to the immoral people of this world, those who are greedy and cheat others, or those who worship idols, otherwise you'd have to leave this world!

11What I meant when I wrote was that you shouldn't associate with anyone who is called a Christian who is immoral or greedy or worships idols; or who is abusive or a drunkard or who cheats others. Don't even share a meal with anyone like that!

12It's not my place to judge those outside the church. But shouldn't you judge those who are inside the church?

13God judges those that are outside the church. “Expel the wicked from among you.” ¹⁹