Netiklība samaitā draudzi
1 Visapkārt tiek runāts par netiklību jūsu starpā un vēl par tādu netiklību, kādas nav pat starp pagāniem, ka dažs dzīvo ar tēva sievu. 2 Turklāt jūs esat uzpūtīgi un nepavisam nebēdājat par to, lai tas, kas tā rīkojies, tiktu padzīts no jūsu vidus. 3 Būdams klāt nevis miesīgi, bet garīgi, es jau esmu notiesājis to, kas tā darījis, it kā es pats būtu klāt. 4 Kad jūs sapulcēsieties mūsu Kunga Jēzus vārdā un mans gars tur būs klāt, lai mūsu Kunga Jēzus spēkā 5 viņš tiek nodots sātanam miesas iznīcināšanai, bet gars lai tiek izglābts Kunga dienā. 6 Jūsu lielība nav laba. Vai nezināt, ka nedaudz rauga saraudzē visu mīklu? 7 Izmēziet veco raugu, lai jūs būtu jauna mīkla, kādi jūs jau arī esat bez rauga. Mūsu Pashas jērs Kristus taču ir par mums upurēts. 8 Tā ka svētkus lai svinam nevis ar veco raugu, ļaunuma un samaitātības raugu, bet ar skaidrības un patiesības neraudzēto maizi. 9 Es jums vēstulē rakstīju, lai jūs nesaejaties ar netikļiem, 10 un nedomāju: ar šīs pasaules netikļiem vai alkatīgajiem un laupītājiem, vai elku pielūdzējiem vispār – tad jau jums vajadzētu šo pasauli pamest, 11 es jums rakstīju nesaieties ar tādu, kas gan saucas brālis, bet ir netikls vai alkatīgs, tāds, kas kalpo elkiem, kas runā rupjības, ir dzērājs vai laupītājs, – ar tādu pat neēdiet kopā. 12 Kādēļ gan lai es tiesātu tos, kas ārā? Vai jums nav jātiesā tie, kas iekšā? 13 Tos, kas ārā, tiesās Dievs. Izmetiet ļauno no pašu 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.”
