American Standard Version
1 Corinthians 5:6
6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
1 Corinthians 5:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- New International Version (NIV)Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Context of 1 Corinthians 5:6
4in the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ: 8wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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Οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν. οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 5:6
- 1 Corinthians 5:2And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;
- 1 Corinthians 4:18Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
- James 4:16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
- Matthew 13:33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
- Matthew 16:6And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Luke 13:21It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
- Galatians 5:9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
- 2 Timothy 2:17and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 5:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Your glorying is not good - You are triumphing in your superior knowledge, and busily employed in setting up and supporting your respective teachers, while the Church is left under the most scandalous corruptions - corruptions which threaten its very existence if not purged away. Know ye not - With all your boasted wisdom, do you not know and acknowledge the truth of a common maxim, a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? If this leaven - the incestuous…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Your glorying - Your boasting; or confidence in your present condition, as if you were eminent in purity and piety. Is not good - Is not well, proper, right. Boasting is never good; but it is especially wrong when, as here, there is an existing evil that is likely to corrupt the whole church. When people are disposed to boast, they should at once make the inquiry whether there is not some sin indulged in, on account of which they should be humbled and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Yeast often symbolized sin (see Matthew 16:6, 12; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:1; Galatians 5:9). Jews ceremonially removed yeast from their homes before the annual Passover meal (Exodus 12:19; 13:7). Get rid of the old leaven: If left unchecked, sin could spread throughout the church, just as yeast spreads through dough.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Your glorying in your own attainments and those of your favorite teachers (1Co 3:21; 4:19; 5:2), while all the while ye connive at such a scandal, is quite unseemly. a little leaven leaveth ... whole lump--(Ga 5:9), namely, with present complicity in the guilt, and the danger of future contagion (1Co 15:33; 2Ti 2:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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