What did the Corinthian church do about the man in 1 Corinthians 5, according to 2 Corinthians 2:6?
According to 2 Corinthians 2:6, the Corinthian church had taken corporate action against the man. The majority voted to deal with him by inflicting punishment, aiming to get him to straighten up his conduct. A minority apparently objected, but the punishment was imposed by the majority.
Les explains that in 2 Corinthians chapter 2, verses 6 and 7, Paul refers back to the man just read about in 1 Corinthians 5. The church had evidently taken corporate action, and the majority had voted to deal with this man, to get him to straighten up his act, even though there was a minority that probably would have said, “Leave him alone, people are people.” So the punishment was inflicted by the majority. Then Paul says that, on the other hand, they ought rather to forgive him, lest such a one should be swallowed up with over much sorrow, and he beseeches them to confirm their love toward him.
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
More Questions
Was there opposition in the Corinthian church to disciplining the immoral man?
There was a minority in the church who opposed the discipline, like liberals today who say to leave the man alone because people are people.
Who is the man Paul is talking about in 2 Corinthians 2:6?
The man Paul refers to in 2 Corinthians 2:6 is the man from the gross situation described in 1 Corinthians chapter 5.