1 Corinthians 5:7

1 Corinthians 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
• New International Version (NIV)Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.

Context of 1 Corinthians 5:7

5To deliver such one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8Therefore 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. 9I wrote to you in my epistle not to associate with immoral people:

1 Corinthians 5:7 word by word

ἐκκαθάρατε τὴν παλαιὰν ζύμην, ἵνα ἦτε νέον φύραμα καθώς ἐστε ἄζυμοι· καὶ γὰρ τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν ἐτύθη Χριστός.Read the interlinear

• Thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• outἐκκαθαίρωekkathairō · to cleanseG1571
• oldπαλαιόςpalaios · oldG3820
• leavenζύμηzumē · leavenG2219
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• beὦō · may beG5600
• newνέοςneos neōteros · newG3501
• lumpφύραμαphurama · lumpG5445
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• areἐστέeste · you areG2075
• unleavenedἄζυμοςazumos · unleavenedG106
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• ourἡμῶνhēmōn · of usG2257
• passoverπάσχαpascha · Passover lambG3957
• sacrificedθύωthuō · to sacrificeG2380
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 5:7

• 1 Corinthians 5:13But them that are outside God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
• Exodus 12:15Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whoever eateth leavened bread from the first day till the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
• Exodus 13:6Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
• Ephesians 4:22That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
• Colossians 3:5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; immorality, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
• 1 Corinthians 10:17For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
• 1 Corinthians 15:3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
• Exodus 12:5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
• Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
• John 1:29The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.
• John 19:14And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews, Behold your King!
• Acts 8:32The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth:
• 1 Peter 1:19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
• Revelation 5:6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living beings, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 5:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Purge out therefore the old leaven - As it is the custom of the Jews previously to the passover to search their houses in the most diligent manner for the old leaven, and throw it out, sweeping every part clean; so act with this incestuous person. I have already shown with what care the Jews purged their houses from all leaven previously to the passover; see the note on Exodus 12:8-19; (note), and on the term passover, and Christ as represented by this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Purge out therefore … - Put away; free yourselves from. The old leaven - The apostle here takes occasion, from the mention of leaven, to exhort the Corinthians to put away vice and sin. The figure is derived from the custom of the Jews in putting away leaven at the celebration of the passover. By the OLD leaven he means vice and sin; and also here the person who had committed the sin in their church. As the Jews, at the celebration of the passover, gave…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Paul compares the Jewish Passover celebration to Christ's sacrifice. During Passover, people sacrificed a lamb and ate unleavened bread (see Exodus 12:1–27; 13:3–7). Christ's sacrifice, which happened at Passover (Matthew 26:2; compare John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:19), removes sin for believers.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. old leaven--The remnant of the "old" (Ep 4:22-24) heathenish and natural corruption. The image is taken from the extreme care of the Jews in searching every corner of their houses, and "purging out" every particle of leaven from the time of killing the lamb before the Passover (De 16:3, 4). So Christians are continually to search and purify their hearts (Psa 139:23, 24). as ye are unleavened--normally, and as far as your Christian calling is concerned…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