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1 Corinthians 5:1-3 Immorality. 3 Apr 2024

1Co 5:1 It is widely reported
that there is sexual immorality among you,
immorality of a kind that is not found even among gentiles:
that one of you is living with his stepmother.
2 And you so filled with your own self-importance!
It would have been better if you had been grieving bitterly,
so that the man who has done this thing were turned out of the community.
3 For my part, however distant I am physically,
I am present in spirit
and have already condemned the man who behaved in this way,
just as though I were present in person.

Excerpt from THE NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1985 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.

One man and one woman sinned. It is about a serious sin.

Grieving for Sins

If I honestly grieve for the sin of some persons, and I am not speaking about backtalk, that clarifies something. The sinners will know that their deeds are not acceptable in the community. And they can draw their conclusions.

Prayer

Jesus, teach me how to grieve as a response to sins of other persons. Help me to do such in an honest and respectful way.