1 Corinthians 5:4 meaning and explanation

When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,

1 Corinthians 5:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes from Ephesus to the church in Corinth about a man living with his father’s wife, a union even pagans condemned. In verse 4 he sets the scene for the judgment he has already reached: the congregation gathered in the name of the Lord Jesus, Paul present in spirit though absent in body, and the power of the Lord Jesus among them.

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