1 Stāsta par netiklību jūsu starpā un vēl par tādu, kāda nav sastopama pat pagānu starpā. Tur kāds dzīvo ar sava tēva sievu.
2 Un jūs vēl esat uzpūtušies, kur vajadzēja būt noskumušiem, lai tas, kas to darījis, tiktu izmests no jūsu vidus.
3 Kaut gan miesīgi tālumā, bet garā pie jums, es it kā klātbūdams esmu jau nolēmis par to, kas tā noziedzies:
4 Ka mēs, jūs un mans gars, sanākam kopā Kunga Jēzus vārdā
5 Un viņu nododam ar mūsu Kunga Jēzus spēku sātānam miesas samaitāšanai, lai gars tiktu izglābts tā Kunga dienā.
6 Jūsu lielīšanās nav laba. Vai nezināt, ka maz rauga saraudzē visu mīklu?
7 Izmēziet veco raugu, lai esat jauna mīkla! Jūs taču esat neraudzēti; jo arī mūsu Lieldienas jērs ir par mums upurēts-Kristus.
8 Tad svinēsim svētkus ne ar veco raugu, ne ar ļaunuma un netikumības raugu, bet ar skaidrības un patiesības neraudzētajām maizēm.
9 Es jums rakstīju savā vēstulē, lai nebiedrojaties ar netikļiem.
10 Es nedomāju—vispārīgi ar šīs pasaules netiklajiem, vai mantraušiem, vai laupītājiem vai elku kalpiem; tad jau jums vajadzētu aiziet no šīs pasaules.
11 Bet es rakstīju jums nebiedrodes ar tādu brāli, kas gan saucas par brāli, bet patiesībā ir netikls, vai mantrausis, vai elku pielūdzējs, vai zaimotājs, vai dzērājs, vai laupītājs; ar tādu jums nebūs kopā pat ne ēst.
12 Kāda man daļa tos tiesāt, kas ārā? Vai jums nav jātiesā tie, kas iekšā?
13 Tos, kas ārā, Dievs sodīs. Izmetiet ārā ļauno no sava vidus!
Immorality in the Church
1 Now, it is actually being said that there is sexual immorality among you so terrible that not even the heathen would be guilty of it. I am told that a man is sleeping with his stepmother! 2 How, then, can you be proud? On the contrary, you should be filled with sadness, and the man who has done such a thing should be expelled from your fellowship. 3-4 And even though I am far away from you in body, still I am there with you in spirit; and as though I were there with you, I have in the name of our Lord Jesus already passed judgment on the man who has done this terrible thing. As you meet together, and I meet with you in my spirit, by the power of our Lord Jesus present with us, 5 you are to hand this man over to Satan for his body to be destroyed, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.
6 It is not right for you to be proud! You know the saying, “A little bit of yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise.” 7 You must remove the old yeast of sin so that you will be entirely pure. Then you will be like a new batch of dough without any yeast, as indeed I know you actually are. For our Passover Festival is ready, now that Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Let us celebrate our Passover, then, not with bread having the old yeast of sin and wickedness, but with the bread that has no yeast, the bread of purity and truth.
9 In the letter that I wrote you I told you not to associate with immoral people. 10 Now I did not mean pagans who are immoral or greedy or are thieves, or who worship idols. To avoid them you would have to get out of the world completely. 11 What I meant was that you should not associate with a person who calls himself a believer but is immoral or greedy or worships idols or is a slanderer or a drunkard or a thief. Don't even sit down to eat with such a person.
12-13 After all, it is none of my business to judge outsiders. God will judge them. But should you not judge the members of your own fellowship? As the scripture says, “Remove the evil person from your group.”
