1 Corinthians 5:6 · KJV
“Your glorying {is} not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?”
— 1 Corinthians 5:6
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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: {is sacrificed; or, is slain}
1 Corinthians 5 — Context
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6Your glorying {is} not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7Purge 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: {is sacrificed; or, is slain}
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. {the feast: or, holyday}
Cross References
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
James 4:16
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
1 Corinthians 4:18-19
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
Matthew 13:33
Another 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 the whole was leavened. {measures: the word in the Greek is a measure containing about a peck and a half, wanting a little more than a pint}