Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Corinthians 5:3
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1 Corinthians5:3
3. as absent--The best manuscripts read, "being absent."
present in spirit--(2Ki 5:26; Col 2:5).
so done--rather, "perpetrated," as the Greek word here is stronger than that for "done" in 1Co 5:2. "So," that is, so scandalously while called a brother.
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