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there's no responsible reading that can support the idea that they were going to burn the guy. Flesh means something very different to Paul, nor do they have any state power to do somethign like that. Paul expresses hope that the wayward will return, in many places.
and yeah, it's Paul trying to settle a dispute. he would not have expected us to make it scripture.
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