1 Corinthians 5:12-13
12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”
12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”
The church is not here to judge the world and accuse every sinner, but point them to their Savior whose word holds them already as condemned, yet offering freeing forgiveness by grace alone. We are not to judge each sin, but simply state the state of all men and women. We bring good news, words of life, to all under God’s judgment; adding our own does nothing good. However, within the church we are to judge the actions of His people, not them to condemn, and so expose sin to be dealt with in restorative love. This may include putting them out of the fellowship if they refuse to turn and continue in sinning. But we condemn no one. That is for God alone to do. Therefore, we judge sin among the redeemed, not the lost.
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