<p>5:13 <em>But them that are without God judges. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves</em>- As noted on :6, their &quot;wickedness&quot; is described with the same word as used for the &quot;wicked man&quot;. They were in essence no better, and the command to remove him was not so much for his sake as for other reasons (2 Cor. 7:12). It was not that wicked people must be removed from the church; for as noted on :6, they too were &quot;wicked&quot;. There was a wider agenda here, as noted throughout this chapter.</p>