1 I don’t want to believe what I’m hearing—that there is sexual sin among you. And it is such a bad kind of sexual sin that even those who’ve never known YAHUSHA don’t allow it. People say that a man there has his father’s wife. 2 And still you are proud of yourselves! You should have been filled with sadness. And the man who committed that sin should be put out of your group. 3 I cannot be there with you in person, but I’m with you `in Spirit’. And I have already decided against the man who did this, just as I would if I were really there. 4 Come together in the Name of our MASTER YAHUSHA MESSIAH. I will be with you `in Spirit’, and you will have the power of our MASTER YAHUSHA with you. 5 Then turn this man over to Satan. His sinful self must be destroyed so that his spirit will be delivered on the day when the Master comes again.
6 Your proud talk is not good. You know the saying, “Just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise.” 7 Take out all the old yeast (OLD BEHAVIOUR & TRADITIONS) so that you will be a new batch of dough. You really are bread without yeast—Passover bread. Yes, Messiah our Passover Lamb has already been killed. 8 So let us eat our Passover meal, but not with the bread (BEHAVIOUR) that has the old yeast, the yeast of sin and wrongdoing (OLD BEHAVIOUR, TRADITIONS & SHADOW-TEACHINGS). But let us eat the bread that has no yeast. This is the bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote to you in my letter that you should not associate with people who sin sexually. 10 But I didn’t mean the people of this world. You would have to leave the planet to get away from all the people who sin sexually, or who are greedy and cheat each other, or who worship idols. 11 I meant you must not associate with people who claim to be believers in the fellowship, but continue to live in sin. Don’t even eat with a Brother or Sister who sins sexually, is greedy, worships idols, abuses others with insults, gets drunk, or cheats people.
12-13 It is not my business to judge those who are not part of the fellowship group of believers. YAHUSHA will judge them, but you must make a decision against those who are part of your own group. The Scriptures say, “Make the evil person leave your group.”
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