1 Corinthians 5:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² And you are proud! Shouldn’t you be very sad instead? Shouldn’t you have thrown out of your church the man doing this? ³ Even though I am not right there with you, I am with you in spirit. And because I am with you in spirit, I have already judged the man doing this. I have judged him in the name of our Lord Jesus. ⁴ So when you come together, I will be with you in spirit. The power of our Lord Jesus will also be with you.