1 Corinthians 5 - Summary

Paul addresses the scandalous case of a man living with his father's wife, a sin unprecedented even among pagans, and commands the assembly to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh. Using the Passover metaphor of leaven, he clarifies his earlier instruction about not associating with immoral persons, specifying that this applies to those within the church who must be put away from among them.