1 Corinthians 5 in the early church
463 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 Corinthians 5, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
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1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 5:2 | On Modesty 13 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:2 | On Modesty 14 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:2 | Homilies on Numbers 10.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:2 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5:2 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 5:2 | Question 102, section 26 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| 1 Cor 5:2 | Letter 122.3 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 1 Cor 5:2 | Exposition of Psalm 118 9.4.1 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:2 | Against the Letter of Parmenian 3.5 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400 |
| 1 Cor 5:2 | Celestine, ACO I.2, letter 26.4 · Celestine I, bishop of Rome | allusion, high confidence | 430-432 |
1 Corinthians 5:3
Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
1 Corinthians 5:4
When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
1 Corinthians 5:5
hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Adumbrations on 1 Peter, paragraph 6 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, medium confidence | original ca. 200; Latin translation 6th century |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Against Marcion 5.7 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Modesty 2 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Modesty 13 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Modesty 14 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Modesty 16 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Modesty 20 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Modesty 22 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | PG 12:1445 (Ps 49 LXX) · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Ezekiel 3.8 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Ezekiel 12.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Joshua 7.6 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Judges 2.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Leviticus 3.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Leviticus 14.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Numbers 19.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Psalms 36-38 6.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Jeremiah 1.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Jeremiah 19.14 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On the Good of Modesty 6 · Novatian | allusion, high confidence | mid-3rd cent. (disputed) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 65 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on Matthew 16.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on Matthew 17.14 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on Romans 0.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on Romans 6.6 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on Romans 6.13 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Demonstration 7.10 · Aphrahat | allusion, medium confidence | 337-345 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Letters 188, 189 · Basil of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 357–378 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Letter 288 · Basil of Caesarea | echo, medium confidence | ca. 357–378 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on the Psalms 44.4 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-378 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Tractates on the Psalms 51.5 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Tractates on the Psalms 59.3 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Tractates on the Psalms 68.22 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.7 · Pacian of Barcelona | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360-390 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.18 · Pacian of Barcelona | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-390 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Paraenesis, or Exhortation to Penitence 10 · Pacian of Barcelona | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-390 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on 1 Timothy 1:18–20 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 2:10 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Letter 14.8 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Letter 90.3 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Letter 109.2 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 59.4.11 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, high confidence | 374-377 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Paradise 74 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 375-378 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Liber Orsiesii 3 · Orsiesius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Book of Heresies 82.8 · Philastrius of Brescia | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380s |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.18 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Exposition of Psalm 118 7.18.4 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Exposition of Psalm 118 9.4.1 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Exposition of Psalm 118 9.13.3 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Exposition of Psalm 118 16.13.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Letter 93.7 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Matthew 9.2 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Homilies on Matthew 41.1 · John Chrysostom | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Fleeing the World 8 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-391 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 37.26.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.31.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 38.31.2 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | The Lord's Sermon on the Mount 1.20 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 393–396 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 22.79 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 1 Cor 5:5–8 | Against the Letter of Parmenian 3.5 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Letter 17, chapter 7 · Innocent I, bishop of Rome | echo, low confidence | 401–417 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Apology against Rufinus 2.7 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 401–402 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Faith and Works 3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 413 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On Faith and Works 48 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 413 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on Jeremiah 1.55 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.51 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.63 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | The Institutes 2.16 · John Cassian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 419–426 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | The Conferences 7.28 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | On the Governance of God 6.4 · Salvian of Marseilles | allusion, high confidence | ca. 439-451 |
| 1 Cor 5:5 | Part 2, chapter 1 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 445-450 |
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
1 Corinthians 5:7
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Dialogue with Trypho 14.2 · Justin Martyr | echo, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 295 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on John 10.90 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Joshua 1.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Joshua 2.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Joshua 6.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Leviticus 2.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Leviticus 4.9 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Leviticus 5.10 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Numbers 5.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Numbers 6.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Numbers 11.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Numbers 11.7 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Numbers 23.7 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Numbers 27.8 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Jeremiah 14.16 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 9 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 20 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 76 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 78 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 120 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Matthew 12.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Romans 2.13 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on Romans 5.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | On the Dress of Virgins 16 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 249 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Res. 1.59 · Methodius of Olympus | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | On the Paschal Feast 6 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 325–337 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Oration 1.3 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Oration 6.17 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5:8 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Letter 78.4 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Letter 128.2 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 33.5.15 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, medium confidence | 374-377 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 64.51.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Eleven Tractates 6.110 · Priscillian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | On Naboth 66 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | On Naboth 67 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.50 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Exposition of Psalm 118 13.6.4 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Letter 27.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Homilies on Matthew 39.4 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Hexameron (Exameron) 1.14 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-390 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Against Jovinianus 2.37 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Poem 24, lines 633–664 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Poem 27, lines 103–134 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 393–431 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Letters 5.16 · Paulinus of Nola | quotation, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Letters 11.7 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Letters 12.1 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Letters 26.4 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Letters 32.25 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.11 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | On Faith and Works 17 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 413 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 7 · Eucherius of Lyon | quotation, high confidence | ca. 420-430 |
| 1 Cor 5:8 | Sermon 172 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
1 Corinthians 5:9
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 5:9 | Miscellanies 3.18.107 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 1 Cor 5:9 | On Modesty 18 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:9 | Homilies on Leviticus 3.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:9–11 | On Not Agreeing with Heretics 11 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
| 1 Cor 5:9 | Prologue to the Commentary on 1 Corinthians · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 5:9–10 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5:9–10 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 5:9–13 | Sermon 351.10 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 5:9–13 | Against the Letter of Parmenian 3.6 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400 |
| 1 Cor 5:9–13 | Against the Letter of Parmenian 3.12 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400 |
| 1 Cor 5:9 | On Faith and Works 3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 413 |
1 Corinthians 5:10
I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 5:10 | On Idolatry 14 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 196–211 |
| 1 Cor 5:10 | On Idolatry 24 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 196–211 |
| 1 Cor 5:10 | On the Soul 35 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210 |
| 1 Cor 5:10 | On Modesty 18 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 5:10 | Homilies on Leviticus 3.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:10 | Homilies on Numbers 13.3 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 5:10 | Homily on the Paralytic 10 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, low confidence | ca. 350-387 |
| 1 Cor 5:10 | Homily on 1 Cor, 19.2 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 392-397 |
| 1 Cor 5:10–11 | Tractates 1 · Gaudentius of Brescia | quotation, high confidence | ca. 397-410 |
| 1 Cor 5:10 | On Faith and Works 3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 413 |
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
1 Corinthians 5:12
What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
1 Corinthians 5:13
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”