1 Corinthians 5:1

Translations

Modern

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

Traditional

It 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.

Literal

Sexual immorality is actually heard of among you, and sexual immorality such as is not even among the nations, so as for one to have the wife of the father.

Latin

Omnino auditur inter vos fornicatio, et talis fornicatio, qualis nec inter gentes, ita ut uxorem patris sui aliquis habeat.

Original

Greek

English

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

Notes

1 Corinthians 5:1

sexual immorality: A man was having sexual relations with his stepmother. Even pagans did not engage in such behavior. It violated both the law of Moses (see Leviticus 18:7–8) and Roman law (Gaius, Institutes 1.63).

1 Corinthians 5:1–8

Paul addresses sexual immorality in the church and tells the Christians to remove an unashamed wrongdoer from fellowship.

Theme notes and profiles

Corinth Paul (Saul) Family, Community, and Sexual Sin God or Satan?

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