Paul uses in 1 Corinthians 5:3-5 in dealing with the reported case of incest within the congregation. He writes: For although I am absent in body, I am present in spirit, and as present, I have already pronounced judgment in the name of the Lord Jesus upon the man Who has committed such a deed. When you are assembled, and my spirit is present with the power of our Lord Jesus, deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.51
