NKJ 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner-- not even to eat with such a person. 12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."
- Seems Paul wanted congregations kept pure and not tolerant of sin its congregants noticed. Hebrews 10 commands to pay close attention to each other. Obviously this can be abused (busybodies and meddlers, which is also commanded against).
NKJ 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
- When a Christian becomes aware of another's sin, is it love to let them think they will inherit the Kingdom? How about leaders and congregants that simply allow, back-up and/or ignore sin - are they in fact loving - are some even Christian?
This is not the only coverage of this topic.
I have been involved dealing in some actual cases of these types of things. One was horrendous with a pastor allegedly backing the sin. Another, a tough one in another respect, involving a parent and adult offspring, with the offspring living in open sin and professing faith. Does this person fit the description in 5:11 if the charge is true? Does the believing parent have a choice to make pursuant to 5:11? Does anyone think this stuff is easy to deal with? How important is it to tell such people the truth and do what God commands of us? Does 6:9 mean anything, or do we not judge, and thereby not love Biblically by not confronting the sin in one another?