Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
as absent—The best manuscripts read, "being absent."
present in spirit— (II Kings 5:26; Colossians 2:5).
so done—rather, "perpetrated," as the Greek word here is stronger than that for "done" in I Corinthians 5:2. "So," that is, so scandalously while called a brother.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 5:3:
Matthew 5:3
1 Corinthians 5:1
1 Corinthians 5:4
1 Corinthians 6:9
2 Corinthians 2:3
2 Corinthians 2:10
2 Corinthians 7:11
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