How Does Paul Tell The Story In Chapter 5

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Throughout the first four chapters of the epistle, Paul’s primary focus in Christian community in the Corinthian Church. Specifically, the reports of division manifested through prideful boasting and rivalries. However, in Chapter 5, Paul calls out specific areas of sin. The sin identified is that of a man in the church, who is in a sexual relationship with his father’s wife. From the accounts and wording, it appears to be his stepmother, but make no mistake; this is an incestuous relationship and is being lived out in a very public manner. Furthermore, and what is even more startling, it appears that some in the church openly boast, glorifying and possibly even celebrating the misguided application of freedom from moral bounds on the basis