Expel the Wicked Man (1 Corinthians 5)

• 𝑪̳𝒂̳𝒏̳/𝑾͙𝒊͙𝒍͙𝒍͙ 𝒚̳𝒐̳𝒖̳ ̳𝙘͢𝙤͢𝙣͢𝙛͢𝙧͢𝙤͢𝙣͢𝙩, 𝒅̳𝒊̳𝒔̳𝒄̳𝒊̳𝒑̳𝒍̳𝒊̳𝒏̳𝒆̳ and ᴇ͙͢͢𝒙͙͢͢ᴘ͙͢͢ᴇ͙͢͢ʟ͙͢͢ 𝒔̳𝒐̳𝒎̳𝒆̳𝒐̳𝒏̳𝒆̳ ̳𝒊̳𝒏̳ ̳𝒕̳𝒉̳𝒆̳ ̳𝒄̳𝒉̳𝒖̳𝒓̳𝒄̳𝒉̳ ̳𝒘̳𝒉̳𝒐̳ is✌️̳"̳𝒔̳𝒊̳𝒏̳𝒏̳𝒊̳𝒏̳𝒈̳"✌️(1 Cor 5:13)? What if that person is someone close and dear to you and well known in the church?

• Isn't bearing with the person "in love" better than expelling them from the church?  Wouldn't they be more likely to repent if they were allowed to stay in the church?

• What good would it do to expel him (1 Cor 5:5)? Would doing so be imitating Paul (1 Cor 5:3; 4:16)?

• What is required to exercise discipline in the church (1 Cor 5:4-5)?

• What does it mean to "hand this man over to Satan" (1 Cor 5:5)? Do you believe and embody salvation that includes "the destruction of the flesh" (1 Cor 5:5; Rom 8:13; Gal 5:19-21)?

• What is the consequence of doing nothing/not expelling him (1 Cor 5:6)?  

• What is "the old yeast/old bread" (1 Cor 5:7, 8), which they are to get rid of? What does "as you really are" (an indicative) teach you about the command, "Get rid of the old yeast" (an imperative)? What does the sacrificed Passover lamb do for you? How do you keep the feast/Festival?

• Can you judge and pronounce judgment as a Christian (1 Cor 5:12-13)?

• How do you reconcile "Do not judge" (Mt 7:1), "...judge nothing before the appointed time" (1 Cor 4:5), and "...judge those inside" (1 Cor 5:12)?

• What is Paul's primary concern? The incestrous man? Or the holiness, integrity and counter-cultural influence of the church (1 Cor 5:2; 3:9, 16)?

• What would Paul say to the church today about sexual and moral issues (1 Cor 5:9, 11; 6:13b, 18, 20; Eph 5:3, 11; Col 3:5; Gal 5:19)? About church discipline and repentance (2 Cor 2:6; 7:10)?

• What is Paul's primary emphasis throughout (1 Cor 1:17, 23; 2:2; 15:3-4; Ac 20:24; Phil 3:10; Gal 2:20)?