1 Corinthians 5:9

Modern

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

Traditional

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

Literal

I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with sexually immoral people,

Latin

Scripsi vobis in epistola: Ne commisceamini fornicariis:

Greek

English

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

I wrote you in my letter refers to an earlier letter that is now lost.
Sexual sin includes any form of illegal sexual activity (see also 1 Corinthians 6:9).

The church should guide and correct anyone known to be living in sin.

Theme notes and profiles

Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
1 Corinthians 5:7
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Proverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Psalm 1:1–2
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”