Verse 1
Now Paul moves onto his next moral issue in the Corinthian Church, That of fornication (πορνεία). One of the members was in a relationship with his stepmother. The offence is not called adultery but fornication. It is likely that the father had possibly died. This is forbidden under Jewish law
Leviticus 18: 8 NASB
8 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.
This is what happened.
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