THE CHURCH IS RESPONSIBLE:

  1. "Tell is to the church" - Matt. 18:17


  2. "When you are gathered together" - 1 Cor. 5:4


  3. "Repent" - Rev. 2:12-17


CHURCH ACTION:

  1. "Deliver such a one to Satan" - 1 Cor. 5:5


  2. "Therefore put away from yourselves that wicked person" - 1 Cor. 5:13


  3. The church is to cause the offender to hear - Matt. 18:17


  4. The offender should be noted or identified - 2 Thess. 3:14; Rom. 16:17

PURPOSE:

  1. "That he may be ashamed" - 2 Thess. 3:14


  2. "That the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord" - 1 Cor. 5:5