1 Corinthians 5:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together, if any that is called a brother be a fornicatour, or couetous, or a worshipper of idols, or a rayler, or a drunkarde, or an extortioner: with him that is such see that ye eate not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Νῦν δὲ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι, ἐάν τις ἀδελφὸς ὀνομαζόμενος ᾖ πόρνος, ἢ πλεονέκτης, ἢ εἰδωλολάτρης, ἢ λοίδορος, ἢ μέθυσος, ἢ ἅρπαξ· τῷ τοιούτῳ μηδὲ συνεσθίειν.

Transliteration

But now I egrapsa to you not to synanamignysthai, if any adelphos onomazomenos ē pornos, or pleonektēs, or eidōlolatrēs, or loidoros, or methysos, or harpax; with such a one not even to synesthiein.

Grammar Details

• *egrapsa*: aorist active, 1st singular - I wrote
• *synanamignysthai*: present middle/passive infinitive - to associate with/mix together with
• *adelphos*: nominative, masculine, singular - brother
• *onomazomenos*: present passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being named/called
• *ē*: present subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be
• *pornos*: nominative, masculine, singular - sexually immoral person/fornicator
• *pleonektēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - greedy person/covetous
• *eidōlolatrēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - idolater
• *loidoros*: nominative, masculine, singular - reviler/slanderer
• *methysos*: nominative, masculine, singular - drunkard
• *harpax*: nominative, masculine, singular - swindler/robber
• *synesthiein*: present active infinitive - to eat with

Word Meanings

• *adelphos onomazomenos*: one called a brother/so-called brother
• *pornos*: sexually immoral person/fornicator
• *pleonektēs*: greedy person/covetous
• *eidōlolatrēs*: idolater/idol worshipper
• *loidoros*: reviler/slanderer/abusive person
• *methysos*: drunkard/alcoholic
• *harpax*: swindler/robber/extortioner
• *synesthiein*: eat with/share meals with

Referenced Verses

• 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 We commaunde you brethren in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the institution whiche he receaued of vs.
• 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 Yf any man obey not our doctrine, signifie hym by an epistle, and haue no companie with hym, that he maye be ashamed.
• Matt 18:17 : 17 If he heare not them, tell it vnto the Churche: If he heare not the Churche, let hym be vnto thee as an Heathen man, and a publicane.
• Rom 16:17 : 17 Nowe I beseche you brethren, marke them whiche cause deuision, & geue occasions of euyll, contrarie to the doctrine whiche ye haue learned, and auoyde them.
• 1 Cor 5:1-9 : 1 There goeth a common saying that there is fornication among you, & suche fornication as is not named among the gentiles: that one shoulde haue his fathers wyfe. 2 And ye swell, and haue not rather sorowed, that he that hath so done this deede myght be put from among you. 3 For I veryly, as absent in body, but present in spirite, haue determined alredie, as though I were present, concernyng hym that hath done this deede. 4 In the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe, when ye are gathered together and my spirite, with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christe, 5 To delyuer suche a one vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesshe, that the spirite may be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus. 6 Your reioycing is not good. Knowe ye not, that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe? 7 Purge out therfore the olde leauen, that ye maye be newe dowe, as ye are vnleauened bread: For Christe our Pasouer is offred vp for vs. 8 Therefore let vs kepe holy day, not with old leauen, neither with the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednesse, but with the vnleauened bread of purenesse and trueth. 9 I wrote vnto you in an epistle, that ye should not companie with fornicatours: 10 And I meant not at all with the fornicatours of this worlde, or with the couetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then must ye needes haue gone out of the world.
• 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 For what haue I to do to iudge them that are without? Do ye not iudge them that are within? Them that are without God iudgeth. Put away from among you that wicked person.
• 2 John 1:10 : 10 If there come any vnto you, and bring not this learnyng, hym receaue not to house: neither byd hym God speede.
• Rev 2:20 : 20 Notwithstandyng, I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee, because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel, which called her selfe a prophetisse, to teache, and to deceaue my seruauntes, to make them commit fornication, and to eate meates offred vp vnto idols.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearefull and vnbeleuing, and the abhominable, and murtherers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, & all lyers, shall haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brymstone: which is the seconde death.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 For without shalbe dogges, and inchaunters, and whoremongers, and murtherers, and idolaters, and whosoeuer loueth or maketh leasynges.
• 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse:
• Gal 5:19-21 : 19 The deedes of the flesshe are manifest, which are these, adulterie, fornication, vncleannesse, wantonnesse, 20 Worshippyng of images, witchcrafte, hatred, variaunce, zeale, wrath, strife, seditions, sectes, 21 Enuyinges, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonies, and such lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which do suche thinges, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 For this ye knowe, that no whoremonger, neither vncleane person, nor couetous person, which is a worshipper of images, hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe, and of God.
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let vs walke honestly as in the day, not in riotyng & dronkennesse, neither in chaumberyng & wantonnesse, neither in strife and enuying.
• 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunckardes, nor cursed speakers, nor pyllers, shall inherite the kingdome of God.
• 1 Cor 6:6 : 6 But one brother goeth to law with another, and that vnder the vnbeleuers?
• Matt 23:25 : 25 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter syde of the cup, & of the platter: but within they are full of brybery & excesse.
• Matt 24:49-51 : 49 And so begyn to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and drynke with the dronken: 50 The same seruauntes Lorde shall come in a day, when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of: 51 And shall hewe hym in peeces, & geue hym his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth.
• Mark 7:21-23 : 21 For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceade euyll thoughtes, adulterie, fornication, murther, 22 Theft, couetousnes, wickednes, deceit, wantonnes, a wicked eye, blasphemies, pride, foolyshnes. 23 All these euyll thynges come fro within, and defyle a man.
• Luke 12:15-31 : 15 And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth. 16 And he put foorth a similitude vnto the, saying: The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites. 17 And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites? 18 And he sayde, this wyll I do, I wyll destroy my barnes, and buylde greater, and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes. 19 And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery. 20 But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided? 21 So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God. 22 And he spake vnto his disciples: Therfore I say vnto you, take no thought for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, neither for the body what ye shall put on. 23 The lyfe is more then meate, and the body is more then rayment. 24 Consider the Rauens, for they neither sowe nor reape, whiche neither haue storehouse nor barne, and God feedeth them: Howe much more are ye better then fethered fowles? 25 Which of you, with takyng thought, can adde to his stature one cubite? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least: why take ye thought for the remnaunt? 27 Consider the Lylies how they growe, they labour not, they spinne not: and yet I say vnto you, that Solomon in al his royaltie was not clothed lyke one of these. 28 If God so clothe the grasse, whiche is to daye in the fielde, and to morowe is cast into the furnasse, howe much more wyll he clothe you, O ye of litle fayth? 29 And aske not ye what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drynke, neither be ye of doubtfull mynde: 30 For all suche thynges do the Heathen people of the worlde seke for: and your father knoweth that ye haue neede of these thynges. 31 But rather seke ye after ye kyngdome of God, and all these thinges shalbe ministred vnto you.
• Ps 50:16-21 : 16 But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly: why doest thou preache my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth? 17 Seyng that thou hatest discipline: and hast cast my wordes behynde thee. 18 When thou sawest a thiefe, thou dydst consent vnto hym: and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers. 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt. 20 Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother: yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne. 21 These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue, thou thoughtest that I am euen such a one as thou thy selfe art: but I wyll reproue thee, and I wyll set foorth in order before thine eyes all that thou hast done.
• Ps 101:5 : 5 I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke.
• Ezek 22:12 : 12 Yea giftes haue ben receaued in thee to shed blood, thou hast taken vsurie and encrease, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, saith the Lorde God.
• Luke 21:34 : 34 Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares.
• 1 Cor 8:11 : 11 And through thy knowledge shal the weake brother perishe, for whom Christe dyed?
• 1 Cor 10:7-8 : 7 Neither be ye idolatours, as were some of them, as it is written: The people sate downe to eate and drynke, and rose vp to play. 8 Neither let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one daye three and thirtie thousande.
• 1 Cor 10:14 : 14 Wherfore my deare beloued, flee from idolatrie.
• 1 Thess 5:7-8 : 7 For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght. 8 But let vs which are of the day, be sober, puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue, and a helmet, the hope of saluation.
• 1 Cor 10:18-22 : 18 Beholde Israel after the fleshe. Are not they which eate of the sacrifices, partakers of the aulter? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thyng? Or that it which is offered to idols is any thyng? 20 Nay but this I saye that the thinges which the gentiles offer, they offer to deuyls, & not to God. And I woulde not that ye shoulde haue felowshippe with the deuils. 21 Ye can not drynke ye cup of the Lorde, and the cup of deuils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lordes table, and of the table of deuyls. 22 Either do we prouoke the Lorde to anger? Are we stronger then he?
• 1 Cor 11:21 : 21 For euery one preuenteth other, in eatyng his owne supper. And one is hungry, and another is drunken.
• 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I feare lest when I come, I shall not fynde you such as I woulde: and that I shalbe founde vnto you, such as ye woulde not: lest there be debates, enuyinges, wrathes, strifes, backbitinges, whisperinges, swellinges, & seditions: 21 And that when I come agayne, my God bryng me lowe among you, and I shall bewayle many of the which haue sinned alredy, and haue not repented of the vncleannesse, and fornication, and wantonnes, which they haue comitted.
• Gal 2:12 : 12 For yer yt certaine came from Iames, he dyd eate with the gentiles: But whe they were come, he withdrue, and seperated himselfe, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
• Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunke with wine, wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the spirite,
• Col 3:5 : 5 Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euyll concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is worshippyng of images:
• 1 Thess 4:3-8 : 3 For this is the wyll of God, your holynesse, that ye should abstayne from fornication: 4 That euery one of you should knowe how to possesse his vessell in holynesse and honour: 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the gentiles, which knowe not God. 6 That no man oppresse and defraude his brother in any matter, because that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche: as we also haue forewarned you, and testified. 7 For God hath not called vs vnto vncleanenesse, but into holynesse. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath geuen to you his holy spirite.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Uayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes, destitute of the trueth, thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse. From suche be thou separate.
• 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction. 10 For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes.
• 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 Hauyng eyes full of adulterie, & that can not ceasse from sinne, begylyng vnstable soules: Heartes they haue exercised with robberie, they are cursed chyldren, 15 Which haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astray, folowyng the way of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnesse:
• Rev 2:14 : 14 But I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee, because thou hast there, them that maynetayne the doctrine of Balaam, whiche taught in Balacke, to put a stumblyng blocke before the chyldren of Israel, that they shoulde eate of meate dedicate vnto idols, & commit fornicatio.
• Acts 9:17 : 17 And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and put his handes on hym, and sayde: Brother Saul, the Lorde (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the waye as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou myghtest receaue thy syght, & be fylled with the holy ghost.
• Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But & yf that seruaut say in his heart, my lorde wyll deferre his commyng, and shall begyn to smyte the seruauntes and maydens, and to eate and drynke, and to be dronken, 46 The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers.
• Luke 18:11 : 11 The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane.
• 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 But to the renmaunt speake I, not the Lorde: If any brother haue a wife that beleueth not, if she be content to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
• 1 Cor 7:15 : 15 But if the vnbeleuing depart, let hym depart: A brother or a sister is not in subiection in such thinges: But God hath called vs in peace.
• Ps 10:3 : 3 For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire: and blessing the couetous, he blasphemeth God.