Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
For I verily (egw men gar). Emphatic statement of Paul's own attitude of indignation, egw in contrast with umeiv. He justifies his demand for the expulsion of the man.
Being absent (apwn) Although absent (concessive participle) and so of parwn though present. Each with locative case (tw swmati, tw pneumati).
Have already judged (hdh kekrika). Perfect active indicative of krinw. I have already decided or judged, as though present (wv parwn). Paul felt compelled to reach a conclusion about the case and in a sentence of much difficulty seems to conceive an imaginary church court where the culprit has been tried and condemned. There are various ways of punctuating the clauses in this sentence in verses I Corinthians 5:3-5. It is not merely Paul's individual judgment. The genitive absolute clause in verse I Corinthians 5:4,
ye being gathered together (sunaxqentwn umwn, first aorist passive participle of sunagw, in regular assembly)
and my spirit (kai tou emou pneumatov) with the assembly (he means)
and meeting in the name of our Lord Jesus (en tw onomati tou Kuriou 0:0-1:1 ff.) as Peter did against Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1 ff.).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 5:3:
1 Corinthians 1:10
1 Corinthians 5:3
1 Peter 4:3
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