3Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.


In Context

1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father's wife.

2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this?

3 Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.

4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,

5 hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.

1st Corinthians 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, [concerning] him that hath so done this deed,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3I indeed, absent in body, but present in spirit, have already judged, as though I were present, him that hath so done,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For I, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged as present,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him that hath so wrought this thing,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3for I indeed, as being absent as to the body, and present as to the spirit, have already judged, as being present, him who so wrought this thing:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For I truly, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that has so done this deed,