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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 5:11

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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5:11 Separation from a professing believer who was living in sin was intended to reinforce and maintain the high moral standards of the Christian community. The social pressure it exerted might also encourage repentance in an erring brother or sister (cp. 2 Thes 3:6, 14).
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