Bible Verses About The Church At Corinth And Apostolic Discipline

But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

Direct passage that discipline prevents condemnation with the world.

And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

orders the church meal to be kept from becoming judgment

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

main Corinth unity passage

But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

Direct passage about contention and churches of God.

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

Direct passage for the reported sexual immorality at Corinth.

And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

calls for removal of the offender from the church

To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

strong discipline language on handing over the offender

For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

Paul says he has already judged the offender

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

explicit apostolic authority for severity and building up

For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

explicitly mentions divisions when the church gathers

What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? what shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

shows contempt for the church in Corinth

Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

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Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

shows Paul correcting disorder at church meetings

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

shows apostolic willingness to use correction

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

withdraw from disorderly brothers

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

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And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

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For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

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But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

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I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

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Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:

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For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

lists the kind of conflict Paul feared finding in Corinth

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

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And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

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And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

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And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

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And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

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For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

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And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

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For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

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And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

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Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

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And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

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