“For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Corinthians 5 contains 13 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.