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Even though I am not with you in person, I am with you in the Spirit.[a] And as though I were there, I have already passed judgment on this man in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church.[b] I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus. Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed[c] and he himself[d] will be saved on the day the Lord[e] returns.

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  1. 5:3 Or in spirit.
  2. 5:4 Or In the name of the Lord Jesus, you must call a meeting of the church.
  3. 5:5a Or so that his body will be destroyed; Greek reads for the destruction of the flesh.
  4. 5:5b Greek and the spirit.
  5. 5:5c Other manuscripts read the Lord Jesus; still others read our Lord Jesus Christ.

For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.(A) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus(B) on the one who has been doing this. So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over(C) to Satan(D) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body