Contemporary English Version Anglicised

1 Corinthians 5:1-7 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. I have heard terrible things about some of you. In fact, you are behaving worse than the Gentiles. A man is even sleeping with his own stepmother.

2. You are proud, when you ought to feel bad enough to chase away anyone who acts like that.

3-4. I am with you only in my thoughts. But in the name of our Lord Jesus I have already judged this man, as though I were with you in person. So when you meet together and the power of the Lord Jesus is with you, I will be there too.

5. You must then hand that man over to Satan. His body will be destroyed, but his spirit will be saved when the Lord Jesus returns.

6. Stop being proud! Don't you know how a little yeast can spread through the whole batch of dough?

7. Get rid of the old yeast! Then you will be like fresh bread made without yeast, and that is what you are. Our Passover lamb is Christ, who has already been sacrificed.