Tim Dyer – Conflict in Ministry: Early Signs, Prevention and Reconciliation

1 Corinthians 5: Why it is Necessary and Loving Not to Associate or Eat with Certain ‘Christians’

1 Corinthians 5: A Summary 1 Corinthians 5 has to be one of the most confronting passages in the NT. The Corinthian church was tolerating a case of blatant sexual immorality in their midst. Not only should a church not overlook any kind of sexual immorality, this type of immorality was even frowned upon by the surrounding culture: a man was sleeping with his father’s wife (5:1).[1] Scholars debate many of the details of this passage, but the basic idea is clear: they were to exclude this man from their fellowship (5:2; 13) meaning the congregation were not to associate...