Many scholars believe that when they gathered the papyrus that recorded Paul's letters that a few of them might have been placed in the wrong order. That the logical sequence is a bit skewed in some of the writings. There are also some letters that appear to be completely lost. Some of those letters may have been placed into Paul's other letters.
Back in first Corinthians (chapter 5) Paul writes, "I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with immoral men." That particular letter may have been lost or it might have been included in the section that we read today.
Paul is urging the Corinthians not to be joined to unbelievers in an alien yoke. The Old Testament paints a very vivid picture of this as "not to plow with an ox and an ass together." The idea being that there are certain things which are fundamentally incompatible and were never meant to be brought together. He is challenging Corinthians to keep themselves a part from the immorality of the world.
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