1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
Paul begins this chapter with addressing a particular sin and that being fornication which could involve harlotry, incest ,or just plan pornography. This sin in the old testament was punishable by death. The church here was minimizing this and Paul had already addressed this issue before. In the next verse we see that the people of the church are upset because they are being reprimanded and have not done anything about it. Is this not like some of our churches today that say it is OK to sin in some ways if you have been baptized or even letting known sinners hold positions in a church. In Eph. 5:11 it says “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” You can also read Matthew 18:15-17 and see how this is to be handled. We are to merely punish someone who willfully commits sin but rather remove them from as someone who would have influence over the fellowship of the church and and regard them as an evangelistic prospect rather than as a brother.