1 Corinthians 5:9-11
Biblical Compliance for Separation and Non-Association


Separation &
Non-Association
Non-Association
1 Corinthians 5:9-11
I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners; yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world. But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.
Your Spirit
Loves God
Taking sin seriously within the community of faith honours God's holiness and His transforming purpose for His people.
Loves Neighbor
Discipline protects the community from the normalising effect of tolerated sin and serves the individual by refusing to let them remain comfortable in their destruction.
Your Body
Moral Behaviour
Don't even eat with such people
applies to those claiming to be believers
Compliance Requirement
Don't even eat with such people; applies to those claiming to be believers
