1Cor 5:11 | RWP | e4.org | But now I write unto you ( νυν δε εγραψα υμιν ). This is the epistolary aorist referring to this same epistle and not to a previous one as in verse . As it is (when you read it) I did write unto you. If any man that is named a brother be ( εαν τις αδελφος ονομαζομενος η ). Condition of the third class, a supposable case. Or a reviler or a drunkard ( η λοιδορος η μεθυσος ). Λοιδορος occurs in Euripides as an adjective and in later writings. In N.T. only here and . For the verb see . Μεθυσος is an old Greek word for women and even men (cf. παροινος , of men, ). In N.T. only here and . Cf. . Deissmann ( Light from the Ancient East , p. 316) gives a list of virtues and vices on counters for Roman games that correspond remarkably with Paul's list of vices here and in . Chrysostom noted that people in his day complained of the bad company given by Paul for revilers and drunkards as being men with more "respectable" vices! With such a one, no, not to eat ( τω τοιουτω μηδε συνεσθιειν ). Associative instrumental case of τοιουτω after συνεσθιειν , "not even to eat with such a one." Social contacts with such "a brother" are forbidden

‏ 1 Corinthians 5:11

But now I write unto you ( νυν δε εγραψα υμιν ). This is the epistolary aorist referring to this same epistle and not to a previous one as in verse 9. As it is (when you read it) I did write unto you.

If any man that is named a brother be ( εαν τις αδελφος ονομαζομενος η ). Condition of the third class, a supposable case.

Or a reviler or a drunkard ( η λοιδορος η μεθυσος ). Λοιδορος occurs in Euripides as an adjective and in later writings. In N.T. only here and 6:10. For the verb see 1Co 4:12. Μεθυσος is an old Greek word for women and even men (cf. παροινος, of men, 1Ti 3:3). In N.T. only here and 6:10. Cf. Ro 13:13. Deissmann (Light from the Ancient East, p. 316) gives a list of virtues and vices on counters for Roman games that correspond remarkably with Paul's list of vices here and in 6:10. Chrysostom noted that people in his day complained of the bad company given by Paul for revilers and drunkards as being men with more "respectable" vices!

With such a one, no, not to eat ( τω τοιουτω μηδε συνεσθιειν ). Associative instrumental case of τοιουτω after συνεσθιειν, "not even to eat with such a one." Social contacts with such "a brother" are forbidden