Strannik
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And again, I apologize, but the words you quoted have nothing to do with you, because I showed you a lot of text from the Holy Scriptures that unequivocally refute your error, and you just pulled out the text from the Epistle to the Corinthians, which by the way Paul said that they SIN with sins that even the Gentiles were shocked.
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1 And I could not speak to you, brethren, as to the spiritual, but as to the carnal, as to the infants in Christ. (1 Cor.3:1)
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1 There is a true rumor that you have committed fornication, and such fornication as is not heard even among the Gentiles, that a man has his father's wife instead of his wife. 2 And you are proud, instead of weeping rather, that he who has done such a thing may be taken out from among you. 3 And I am absent in body, but present you with the spirit, have judged already, as though I were you: so done this deed, 4 when you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 delivered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 6 You have nothing to brag about. Don't you know that a little leaven leavens the whole dough? 7 Therefore purify the old leaven, that it may be a new test for you, for you are without leaven, for our Passover, Christ, was slain for us. 8 Therefore let us celebrate not with the old leaven, not with the leaven of vice and deceit, but with the unleavened bread of purity and truth. 9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with fornicators; 10 yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or predators, or with idolaters; for then must get you out of this world. 11 But I have written to you not to associate with him who, being called a brother, remains a fornicator, or a covetous man, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a rapacious man. 12 For what am I to judge even the outsiders? Don't you judge the inner ones? 13 But God judges the outsiders. So cast out the corrupt one from among you. (1 Corinthians 5: 1-13)
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And now in this Epistle Paul writes
As we can see, Paul called for an end to the punishment for those who repented of their sins, so that Satan would not harm him and the Church, since a Christian could fall away from the Church altogether.
1 Therefore I have judged within myself not to come to you again with sorrow. 2 For if I grieve you, who will make me glad but he who is grieved with me? 3 This is what I wrote to you, that when I came I might not be grieved by those for whom I should have rejoiced: for I am sure in all of you that my joy is joy for all of you. 4 Out of great sorrow and a troubled heart, I wrote to you with many tears, not to grieve you, but that you might know the love that I have in abundance for you. 5 But if anyone has grieved, it has not grieved me, but in part, not to say much, and all of you. 6 This punishment from many is sufficient for such a person, 7 so it is better for you to forgive him and comfort him, so that he will not be consumed by excessive sorrow. 8 Therefore, I ask you to show him your love. 9 For this is why I have written, that I may know by experience whether you are obedient in all things. 10 to whom ye forgive, and I have to; for me, what if I forgave someone, forgive you on behalf of Christ, 11 lest us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his devices. (2 Corinthians 2: 1-11)
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1 And I could not speak to you, brethren, as to the spiritual, but as to the carnal, as to the infants in Christ. (1 Cor.3:1)
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1 There is a true rumor that you have committed fornication, and such fornication as is not heard even among the Gentiles, that a man has his father's wife instead of his wife. 2 And you are proud, instead of weeping rather, that he who has done such a thing may be taken out from among you. 3 And I am absent in body, but present you with the spirit, have judged already, as though I were you: so done this deed, 4 when you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 delivered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 6 You have nothing to brag about. Don't you know that a little leaven leavens the whole dough? 7 Therefore purify the old leaven, that it may be a new test for you, for you are without leaven, for our Passover, Christ, was slain for us. 8 Therefore let us celebrate not with the old leaven, not with the leaven of vice and deceit, but with the unleavened bread of purity and truth. 9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with fornicators; 10 yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or predators, or with idolaters; for then must get you out of this world. 11 But I have written to you not to associate with him who, being called a brother, remains a fornicator, or a covetous man, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a rapacious man. 12 For what am I to judge even the outsiders? Don't you judge the inner ones? 13 But God judges the outsiders. So cast out the corrupt one from among you. (1 Corinthians 5: 1-13)
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And now in this Epistle Paul writes
As we can see, Paul called for an end to the punishment for those who repented of their sins, so that Satan would not harm him and the Church, since a Christian could fall away from the Church altogether.
1 Therefore I have judged within myself not to come to you again with sorrow. 2 For if I grieve you, who will make me glad but he who is grieved with me? 3 This is what I wrote to you, that when I came I might not be grieved by those for whom I should have rejoiced: for I am sure in all of you that my joy is joy for all of you. 4 Out of great sorrow and a troubled heart, I wrote to you with many tears, not to grieve you, but that you might know the love that I have in abundance for you. 5 But if anyone has grieved, it has not grieved me, but in part, not to say much, and all of you. 6 This punishment from many is sufficient for such a person, 7 so it is better for you to forgive him and comfort him, so that he will not be consumed by excessive sorrow. 8 Therefore, I ask you to show him your love. 9 For this is why I have written, that I may know by experience whether you are obedient in all things. 10 to whom ye forgive, and I have to; for me, what if I forgave someone, forgive you on behalf of Christ, 11 lest us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his devices. (2 Corinthians 2: 1-11)
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