Bible Verses About "What Is Excommunication in the Bible"
Excommunication is the formal removal of an unrepentant person from church fellowship, cutting them off from the Lord's Table and the community of believers as a last resort for restoration.
Excommunication is the formal removal of an unrepentant person from church fellowship, cutting them off from the Lord's Table and the community of believers as a last resort for restoration.
"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 idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person." — 1 Corinthians 5:11-13 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Is Excommunication in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"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 idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person."
"Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme."
"And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother."
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