1Cor 5:4-5 | PNT | STEP | In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ . The solemn act of excommunication must be in the name, that is, by the authority, of the Lord. When ye are gathered together . The act is to be administered in full assembly. It must be the act of the whole church. Compare . And my spirit . He will be present in spirit, since the act will be carrying out his command. With the power of our Lord Jesus Christ . The act of excommunication for misdeeds, when administered according to the will of the Lord, is not merely man's decision, but will be executed by the power of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 5:4-5

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The solemn act of excommunication must be in the name, that is, by the authority, of the Lord.

When ye are gathered together. The act is to be administered in full assembly. It must be the act of the whole church. Compare 2Co 2:6.

And my spirit. He will be present in spirit, since the act will be carrying out his command.

With the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. The act of excommunication for misdeeds, when administered according to the will of the Lord, is not merely man's decision, but will be executed by the power of the Lord. To deliver such one unto Satan. Not only this one, but all such persons. To deliver unto Satan is to excommunicate; to extradite from the kingdom of God to the prince of this world. The expression is used in 1Ti 1:20.

For the destruction of the flesh. Fleshly desires had caused the sin. These must be destroyed. The humiliation of excommunication, the sense of one's lost condition, was well adapted to bring a repentance. Some have held that this meant to send some painful disease miraculously. I believe that the Latin fathers and Beza are right in understanding that it refers to the mortification of the offender, cast out, shunned by the church as a dead body. This person is ordered to be restored, having repented, and no mention is made of disease, in 2Co 2:7.

That the spirit may be saved. This is the object of all true discipline. If carried out, as in the early church, it was well calculated to bring to repentance. It was effective in this instance, as we learn from 2Co 2:6.