Section 5:1–13

Paul commanded the believers to punish the immoral church member

5:1a It is actually reported that

Some people have told me that
-or-
I have heard people talking about you.

5:1b there is sexual immorality among you,

someone in your group is having a sinful sexual relationship.
-or-
They say that one of you is sinning with a woman.

5:1c and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans:

His sin is so serious/wicked that even heathen people do not practice/permit it.
-or-
It is so wrong/sinful that even those who do not know God do not do/allow it.

5:1d A man has his father’s wife.

One of you is living/cohabiting/sleeping with ⌊a woman who used to be⌋ his father’s wife.
-or-

⌊What I am referring to is this:⌋ A man in your group has been having sexual relations with his stepmother.

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