1 Corinthians 5:10

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Yet	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
not	οὐ ou	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
altogether	πάντως pantōs	G3843	entirely · adverb
fornicators	πόρνοις pornois	G4205	akin to the base of G4097 (πιπράσκω)) · noun — dative plural masculine
this	τούτου toútou	G5127	of (from or concerning) this (person or thing)
world	κόσμου kosmou	G2889	orderly arrangement · noun — genitive singular masculine
or	ἢ ē	G2228	disjunctive · conjunction
covetous	πλεονέκταις pleonektais	G4123	holding (desiring) more · noun — dative plural masculine
or	ἢ ē	G2228	disjunctive · conjunction
extortioners	ἅρπαξιν harpaxin	G727	rapacious · adjective — dative plural masculine
or	ἤ ḗ	G2228	disjunctive
idolaters	εἰδωλολάτραις, eidōlolatrais	G1496	an image- (servant or) worshipper (literally or figurat… · noun — dative plural masculine
for	ἐπεὶ epei	G1893	thereupon · conjunction
then	ἄρα ara	G686	a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive… · conjunction
needs	ὠφείλετε ōpheilete	G3784	to owe (pecuniarily) · verb — imperfect active indicative, 2nd person plural
out	ἐξελθεῖν. exelthein	G1831	to issue (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active infinitive
of	ἐκ ek	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
world	κόσμου kosmou	G2889	orderly arrangement · noun — genitive singular masculine

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Cross-references

1 Corinthians 10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for cons…
John 17:15-16 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Matthew 5:14-16 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
John 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefor…
1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the…
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now w…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:9–end

Here the apostle advises them to shun the company and converse of scandalous professors. Consider, I. The advice itself: I wrote to you in a letter not to company with fornicators, Co1 5:9. Some think this was an epistle written to them before, which is lost. Yet we have lost nothing by it, the Christian revelation being entire in those books of scripture which have come down to us, which are all that were intended by God for the general use of Christians, or he could and would in his providence have preserved more of the writings of inspired men. Some think it is to be understood of this very epistle, that he had written this advice before he had full information of their whole case, but th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 5:10

Limitation of the prohibition alluded to in Co1 5:9. As in dissolute Corinth to "company with no fornicators," &c., would be almost to company with none in the (unbelieving) world; ye need not utterly ("altogether") forego intercourse with fornicators, &c., of the unbelieving world (compare Co1 10:27; Joh 17:15; Jo1 5:18-19). As "fornicators" sin against themselves, so "extortioners" against their neighbors, and "idolaters" against God. The attempt to get "out of the world," in violation of God's will that believers should remain in it but keep themselves from its evil, led to monasticism and its consequent evils.

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 5:10

For then must ye needs go out of the world - What an awful picture of the general corruption of manners does this exhibit! The Christians at Corinth could not transact the ordinary affairs of life with any others than with fornicators, covetous persons, extortioners, railers, drunkards, and idolaters, because there were none others in the place! How necessary was Christianity in that city!

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 5:10

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world,.... By "the fornicators of this world" are meant, such as were guilty of this sin, who were the men of the world, mere worldly carnal men, who were never called out of it, or ever professed to be; in distinction from those that were in the church, that had committed this iniquity; and the apostle's sense is, that his former prohibition of keeping company with fornicators was not to be understood as referring to such persons as were, out of the church, as if no sort of civil conversation and commerce were to be had with men of such, and the like infamous characters; or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: that is, of thi…

The Church Fathers

Immoral unbelievers cannot harm the church, but immoral believers corrupt it from within, which is why they must be avoided and expelled.
— Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2.26.23-26

Paul means that it would be better to die than to mix with fellow believers who sin like the fornicator in question, because death would put an end to it sooner rather than later.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

Thus our "adversary" (therein mentioned ) is the heathen man, who is walking with us along the same road of life which is common to him and ourselves. Now "we must needs go out of the world," if it be not allowed us to have conversation with them.
— Tertullian, A Treatise on the Soul

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Adultery · 24:15-18;31:1,9-12; — 24:15-18;31:1,9-12;
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Exhortations to hate and avoid — Exhortations to hate and avoid
Company · EVIL — EVIL
Depravity Of Man · 7:17;12:34,35;15:19; — 7:17;12:34,35;15:19;
Extortion · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Corinthians 5:10

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 5:10

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 5:10

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 5:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Corinthians 5:10

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 5:10

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 5:10

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 5:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 5:9–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 5:10