Modern Literal Version
[1 Corinthians 5]

     ^5:1 Fornication is heard literally to be among you^* (and such fornication which is not even named among the Gentiles), so-then for someone to have had his father's wife. ^5:2 And you^* are being arrogant, and did not rather mourn in order that he who did^* this work might be taken away out of your^* midst. ^5:3 For^* indeed, as being absent in the body, but being present^* in the spirit, I have already judged him thus, who worked out this thing, (as though I am present^*), ^5:4 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. When you^* and my spirit were gathered together, together with the power of our Lord Jesus, ^5:5 to give such a one to the Adversary ^*for the utter-destruction of the flesh, in order that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

     ^5:6 Your^* boasting is not good. Do you^* not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch?^5:7 Cleanse^* out the old leaven, in order that you^* may be a new batch, just-as you^* are unleavened. For^* Christ our Passover was also sacrificed on our behalf. ^5:8 So-then we should celebrate a festival, not in old leaven, nor in the leaven of malice and wickedness, but in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

     ^5:9 I wrote to you^* in my letter not to socialize together with fornicators; ^5:10 and certainly notmeaning with the fornicators of this world or with the greedy ones or ravening ones or idolaters; otherwise, you^* are consequently^* obligated to go forth out of the world. ^5:11 But now, I wrote to you^* not to socialize together with anyone if he is named a brother, who is either a fornicator or greedy one, or an idolater or a reviler, or a drunkard or a ravening one, not to even eat together with such a person.^5:12 For^* what is it to me to judge those who are outside? Are you^* not judging those who are inside? ^5:13 Now God will be judging those who are outside, and you will be taking away the evil man from among you^*, yourselves.

Modern Literal Version Preface & Appendix , copyright 1987, 1999, 2013 by G. Allen Walker for the MLV New Testament Committee.
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