And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
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Interpretation
The apostle notices a flagrant abuse, winked at by the Corinthians. Party spirit, and a false notion of Christian liberty, seem to have saved the offender from censure.
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This thought runs through 1 Corinthians 5:1-5.