1It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
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But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here the apostle states the case; and, I. Lets them know what was the common or general report concerning them, that one of their community was guilty of fornication, 1 Cor. 5:1. It was told in all places, to their dishonour, and the reproach of Christians. And it was the more reproachful because it could not be denied. Note, The heinous sins of professed Christians are quickly noted and noised ab…
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