Passage

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Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁹I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;

1 Corinthians 5:9World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writer recalls an earlier letter in which he told his readers not to associate with people practicing sexual immorality.

To understand

Verse 10 narrows what he meant: he was not asking them to avoid everyone outside the community who does these things, since that would require leaving the world.

A question

How does verse 10 limit the instruction recalled in verse 9?