Then and Now:
Shocking! That's chapter five. Paul condemns extremely unacceptable immoral behavior. There are differences in the ways commentators outline 1 Corinthians. They give varying titles and groupings to the verses. Fitzmyer is distinctive in separating 1:10 through 6:20 into four separate kinds of scandals:
--- 1:10-4:21 Preacher discontent
--- 5:1-5:13 Incest
--- 6:1-6:11 Christians in secular courts
--- 6:11-6:20 Prostitution.
Chapter five's 13 verses deal with the second disgraceful breach of Christian conduct. More than a breach, it was so bad that even secular Corinthians did not overlook it.
Extra Source: First Corinthians: a new translation with introduction and commentary by Joseph A. Fitzmyer (New Haven CT: Yale Univ. Press, c2008) online at http://books.google.com/books?id=W3b-mWk1SxoC&dq=Corinthians+commentary+and+Fitzmyer&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=fMkSnr57KW&sig=m1lp2uVF6CF7onpnCpIdQjOTg_k&hl=en&ei=_BRGS6CMKs6PlAe259gH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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