1 Corinthians 5:1

KJV

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, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 1 Corinthians Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Sexual immorality in the church: a man is living with his father's wife. Paul rebukes the church's pride and commands them to deliver such a person to Satan for destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved. Do …

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Other Translations

ASV

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.

YLT

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! --

BBE

It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

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