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I. WHO SHOULD EXERCISE IT — the minister in connection with the church.

II. How FAR IT EXTENDS — to exclusion from the Christian fellowship with its consequences.

III. WHAT IS ITS OBJECT?

1. The purity of the church.

2. The amendment of the individual.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)

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KJV: It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

WEB: It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.