1 Corinthians 5:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 5:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 5:5 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 5:5 — KJV
“To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”
— 1 Corinthians 5:5 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 5:5 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 5:5
“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:5: flesh, spirit, day
“Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. holy: Heb. holiness”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:5: one, may, day
“For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:5: one, may, day
“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:5: deliver, spirit, day
“And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:5: deliver, one, day
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