Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Corinthians 5:2

Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Corinthians 5:2
"And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you."

A member of the church in Corinth was having sexual relations with his father's wife, which would be his step-mother. It was not acceptable in the church and in society outside of the church too. Paul judged the matter and they were to remove this man from the church. For the members he tells them they are puffed up. The reason for this is they thought they would not be affected by having this man around them. Leaving the man in his open sins would only bring them down morally. They should have mourned and helped him on the road to repentance. This is what Paul started for the man.

"Paul advised the Corinthian Saints “not to company with fornicators”. Elder Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles expounded on this teaching, pointing out that even a good person cannot remain unaffected by unrighteous influences: “Do not company with fornicators—not because you are too good for them but, as C. S. Lewis wrote, because you are not good enough. Remember that bad situations can wear down even good people. Joseph had both good sense and good legs in fleeing from Potiphar’s wife” (“The Stern but Sweet Seventh Commandment,” in Morality [1992], 29).
(New Testament Student Manual, "Chapter 38: 1 Corinthians 1-11")

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