But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
God's the one who judges people outside the church, that's his job, not ours. But when someone in your community is living destructively and won't change? You need to remove them from your circle.
You can't control what happens outside your community, but you can protect what happens inside it.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century, the Corinthian church was dealing with serious moral issues, such as sexual immorality, amid a pagan culture that often tolerated such behaviors. Paul wrote this letter to urge the believers to maintain the church's holiness by expelling unrepentant sinners, drawing from Old Testament principles of community purity and separation from wickedness. This instruction emphasized the church's responsibility to handle internal matters while leaving judgment of outsiders to God.
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