in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ This may be taken (1) with -I have judged" in 1 Corinthians 5:3; (2) with when ye are gathered together, or (3) with to deliver such a one unto Satan. Of these (1) and (3) are preferable to (2), which would involve an awkward inversion in the order of the words. It implies either (1) the solemn promulgation of the sentence by St Paul, in the name and with the authority of Christ, or (2) the equally solemn delivery of the offender over to Satan. Allassemblies of the Christian Church were gathered together in the Name of Christ

with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ This has been taken (1) with when ye are gathered together, and (2) with to deliver such a one unto Satan. The former is preferable. The Corinthian Church, when assembled in the Name of Christ, and acting under the authority of its chief pastor, one of Christ's Apostles, was armed with a spiritual power from Jesus Christ to pronounce and carry out the awful sentence which follows.

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