1 Corinthians 5:4

The discipline is to be carried out when the church gathers in Jesus' name and with His authority and power. It matters because church discipline is a corporate act done under Christ's lordship, not a private grudge.

Cross-references · 16

• John 20:23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
• Matt 18:16–18But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
• 2 Cor 13:3Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
• 2 Th 3:6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
• Col 3:17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
• Matt 16:19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
• Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
• 2 Cor 13:10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
• Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• 2 Cor 2:9–10For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
• Acts 16:18And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
• Matt 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
• Acts 4:30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
• Acts 4:7–12And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
• Acts 3:6Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
• Eph 5:20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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