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1 Corinthians 5

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVIt 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.
    WEBIt is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.
  2. 2
    KJVAnd ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
    WEBYou are arrogant, and didn’t mourn instead, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.
  3. 3
    KJVFor I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
    WEBFor I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.
  4. 4
    KJVIn the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
    WEBIn the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together with my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  5. 5
    KJVTo deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
    WEByou are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  6. 6
    KJVYour glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
    WEBYour boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
  7. 7
    KJVPurge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
    WEBPurge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.
  8. 8
    KJVTherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
    WEBTherefore let’s keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
  9. 9
    KJVI wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
    WEBI wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;
  10. 10
    KJVYet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
    WEByet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters, for then you would have to leave the world.
  11. 11
    KJVBut now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
    WEBBut as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.
  12. 12
    KJVFor what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
    WEBFor what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within?
  13. 13
    KJVBut them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
    WEBBut those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.”
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
  • World English Bible (WEB), public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.