5 Actually, we’ve been hearing that there’s sexual immorality there among you all, and so bad that even non-believers don’t do it: a man is sleeping with his step-mother![ref] 2 Then instead of being upset, you all seem proud of it. This man should have been expelled out of your group, 3 because even though I’m not there physically, I am present in the spirit, and I’ve already made my judgement about the man who’s doing this, as if I were present. 4 When you assemble together in the name of our master Yeshua, my spirit is there along with the master Yeshua’s power, 5 then you should hand this man over to Satan to punish his body, so that his spirit can be saved for when the master returns.

6 It isn’t good how you all boast. Don’t you realise that a little bit of yeast can raise a whole loaf of bread?[ref] 7 Get rid of the old yeast so that you’ll all become fresh dough, just as you are unleavened bread. For Messiah, our Passover lamb, has also been sacrificed[ref] 8 so that we can be feasting, not with old yeast or with yeast of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.[ref]

9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people, 10 but certainly not meaning worldly people who’re sexually immoral or swindlers or idolaters, because that would mean that you’d all have to leave this world. 11 No, I’m writing to tell you all not to associate with any so-called believer who’s sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater or verbally abusive or a drunkard or a swindler. Don’t even have a meal with such a person.

12 Why would it be my job to judge outsiders—no, shouldn’t it be those inside the assemblies that you judge? 13 God will judge the outsiders, but:[ref] ‘Expel evil people from among yourselves.’