1Cor 5:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Cor 5:1-8: 5:1-8 Paul confronts sexual immorality in the church and instructs the Christians to expel a shameless offender from their fellowship. 5:1 sexual immorality: A man was having sex with his stepmother . Such behavior even pagans didn’t do: It violated both the law of Moses (see Lev 18:7-8 ) and Roman law (Gaius, Institutes 1.63).

cLev 18:7-8►

‏ 1 Corinthians 5:1

Summary for 1Cor 5:1-8: 5:1-8 ^a Paul confronts sexual immorality in the church and instructs the Christians to expel a shameless offender from their fellowship. 5:1 ^b sexual immorality: A man was having sex with his stepmother. Such behavior even pagans didn’t do: It violated both the law of Moses (see Lev 18:7-8 ^c) and Roman law (Gaius, Institutes 1.63).