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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 5:1

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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5:1-8 Paul confronts sexual immorality in the church and instructs the Christians to expel a shameless offender from their fellowship. 5:1 sexual immorality: A man was having sex with his stepmother. Such behavior even pagans didn’t do: It violated both the law of Moses (see Lev 18:7-8) and Roman law (Gaius, Institutes 1.63).
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