In this passage, Paul teaches and demonstrates that discipline exercised in love also includes forgiveness and restoration of the offender when they repent. In verse 5, Paul says that their offense, or the man’s offense, had not just been against him. Paul was indignant for the cause of Christ and for his namesake. But the offense had caused difficulty especially […]

Another principle of Godly discipline is that we engage rather than avoid. Paul describes going to the Corinthian church knowing full well what he was going to find. There are two very typical ways that we will deal with conflict that are incorrect and sinful. Paul’s example warns us about both of those. The first one is to avoid the […]

This passage really demonstrates, in a practical way, the working out of Christian correction. The main idea is that Christian love governs correction. By way of introduction, I need to remind you of what has happened beforehand. In 1 Corinthians chapter 5, Paul confronted a very specific sin in the Corinthian church. There’s immorality that was not just being accepted […]