hand that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,(A) so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.(B)

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven[a](C) leavens the whole batch of dough?(D) Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new unleavened batch, as indeed you are. For Christ our Passover lamb(E) has been sacrificed.[b]

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  1. 5:6 Or yeast, also in vv. 7,8
  2. 5:7 Other mss add for us

hand this man over(A) to Satan(B) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(C)

Your boasting is not good.(D) Don’t you know that a little yeast(E) leavens the whole batch of dough?(F) Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.(G)

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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