1 Corinthians 5:1

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

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.

BSB

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has 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.

YLT

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations—as that one hath the wife of the father!—

F.O.G Original

(1) It’s heard everywhere that there’s sexual deviation in you and sexual deviation of such as this, which isn’t even in the Gentile-nations, that someone has his father’s wife.

F.O.G

(1) It’s heard everywhere that there’s sexual deviation in you and sexual deviation of such as this, which isn’t even in the Gentile-nations, that someone has his father’s wife.

F.O.G MSG

¹It’s being reported everywhere that there’s sexual immorality among you—and not just any kind, but a type so shocking that even the pagan worldᵃ around you wouldn’t tolerate it. A man is actually living with his father’s wife!ᵇ

Footnotes:

¹ᵃ Pagan world: Refers to the Gentile culture in Corinth, which despite its moral laxity, still had boundaries regarding sexual conduct.<br. ¹ᵇ Father’s wife: Likely refers to the man’s stepmother. This relationship was forbidden in both Jewish law (Leviticus 18:8) and Roman law.