9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people-
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people--
9 I wrote you in my earlier letter that you shouldn't make yourselves at home among the sexually promiscuous.
9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.
9 When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5:9
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5:9-13
(Read 1 Corinthians 5:9-13)
Christians are to avoid familiar converse with all who disgrace the Christian name. Such are only fit companions for their brethren in sin, and to such company they should be left, whenever it is possible to do so. Alas, that there are many called Christians, whose conversation is more dangerous than that of heathens!