1 Corinthians 5:1

“It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.”

"It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife." - 1 Corinthians 5:1
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What does 1 Corinthians 5:1 mean?

The Bible verse 1 Corinthians 5:1 from the King James Version (KJV) states, "It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife." This verse is part of a letter…

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Confronting Sin: A Call to Purity in the Church

In the realm of Christian living, the Apostle Paul addresses issues within the church at Corinth with an urgency that is both alarming and enlightening. In 1 Corinthians 5:1, he writes, "It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not…

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A Prayer for Purity and Restoration in the Body of Christ

Eternal and Most Gracious Father, We humbly approach Your throne of grace today, burdened by the weight of sin that seems to encroach upon Your Holy Church. As I reflect upon the admonition given to the Corinthians, where it is stated in 1 Corinthians 5:1, "It is reported…

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1 Corinthians 5:1 - "It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife."
1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife!
1 Corinthians 1:5 - "That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;"
1 Corinthians 12:5 - "And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord."
1 Corinthians 15:5 - "And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:"
1 Corinthians 5:5 - "To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."
1 Corinthians 5:9 - "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:"
1 Corinthians 2:5 - "That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God."
1 Corinthians 10:5 - "But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness."
The old has gone, the new is here. — 2 Corinthians 5:17
1 Corinthians 8:5 - "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)"
1 Corinthians 5:6 - "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"
"And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord." - 1 Corinthians 12:5
"And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:" - 1 Corinthians 15:5
1 Corinthians 13:5 - "Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;"
1 Corinthians 5:13 - "But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person."
1 Corinthians 5:12 - "For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?"
1 Corinthians 3:5 - "Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?"
1 Corinthians 9:5 - "Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?"
1 Corinthians 5:10 - "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world."
"That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;" - 1 Corinthians 1:5
1 Corinthians 5:8 - "Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
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."
1 Corinthians 6:5 - "I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?"
1 Corinthians 16:5 - "Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia."
1 Corinthians 11:5 - "But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven."
1 Corinthians 5:4 - "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,"
2 Corinthians 5:1 - "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
1 Corinthians 5:7 - "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:"