1 Corinthians 5:6

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

4You have the authority of the Lord Jesus to do this. When you meet together as a group, my spirit will be with you. The power of our Lord Jesus will also be with you. 5When you meet, put this man under Satan's authority. Satan will then destroy the man's body. Then God may save the man's spirit on the day when the Lord Jesus returns. You should not be so proud of yourselves. Think about what yeast does in bread. A very small amount of yeast changes the whole loaf of bread. 7The yeast in the flour is like one person who does wrong things. You must remove this old yeast from among you. Then you will be like a new loaf of bread. You are really like a loaf which has no yeast in it. You are pure, because Christ died as a sacrifice on our behalf. He is like the lamb that the Israelites killed for their Passover meal. 8As a result, we can have our own Passover festival. We must remove everything that is bad from among us. That is like what the Israelites did when they removed all the old yeast from their homes. Instead we live in a way that is pure and honest. It is like we are eating bread which has no yeast in it.

1 Corinthians 5:6 word by word

Οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν. οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yourσύsu · youG4771
• gloryingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• gloryingκαύχημαkauchēma · prideG2745
• notοὐou · noG3756
• goodκαλόςkalos · goodG2570
• Know yeεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• a littleμικρόςmikros mikroteros · smallG3398
• leavenζύμηzumē · leavenG2219
• leavenethζυμόωzumoō · to leavenG2220
• the wholeὅλοςholos · allG3650
• lumpφύραμαphurama · lumpG5445

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 5:6

• 1 Corinthians 5:2But, you are still proud of yourselves! Instead, you ought to be very sad and ashamed. You should have sent this man away from your group.
• 1 Corinthians 3:21Because of that, you should not be proud of any human leader. All leaders are there to serve you, as God's people.
• 1 Corinthians 4:18Some people among you have become proud. They think that I will never come back to warn them.
• James 4:16But instead, you talk about what you have decided to do. You speak as if you have the power to make it happen. It is wrong to speak like that.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not let anyone deceive you. Remember this: ‘If you become a friend of bad people, you also will live in a bad way.’
• Matthew 13:33Jesus told the people another story. He said, ‘The kingdom of heaven is also like this. It is like how yeast works. A woman took the yeast and she mixed it into three large bowls of flour. Then the yeast went through all the flour so that it grew big.’
• Matthew 16:6Jesus said to them, ‘Be careful! Do not accept the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.’
• Luke 13:21It is like how yeast works. A woman took some of it and she mixed it into three large bowls of flour. Then the yeast went through all the flour so that it grew big.’
• Galatians 5:9People say this: ‘Only a small amount of yeast in the flour will cause a loaf of bread to grow big.’
• 2 Timothy 2:17It causes people to become sick in their spirits. More and more people become sick as a result. Hymenaeus and Philetus are two of the people who teach that kind of false message.

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

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 5:6

• Adultery
• Backsliders
• Church
• Company
• Influence
• Leaven (Yeast)
• Pride
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Fornication
• Glorying
• Leaven
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the
• Excommunication
• Hymenaeus
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Pauline Theology
• Passover
• unleavened bread

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