What did Paul tell the Corinthian church to do about the guilty man in 1 Corinthians 5?
Paul instructed the Corinthian congregation to gather in the name and power of the Lord Jesus Christ and deliver the guilty man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, not his soul. He also said the man should be taken away from among them, after they mourned over the sin.
Les explains that Paul was admonishing the congregation regarding a man guilty of gross immorality, the kind even the Gentiles did not practice. The church had not mourned or grieved over the sin, and the offender needed to be taken away from among them. Paul had already judged how to deal with this matter. He told them that when gathered together as a congregation in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and with His power, they were to deliver such a one unto Satan—not for the destruction of his soul, but for the destruction of the flesh.
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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