1 Corinthians 5:6 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

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ASV

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

WEB

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

YLT

Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

DBT

Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Mark 8:15
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
James 4:16
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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Your glorying in your own attainments and those of your favorite teachers (1Co 3:21; 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;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Your glorying - Either in your gifts or prosperity, at such a time as this, is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven - One sin, or one sinner. Leaveneth the whole lump - Diffuses guilt and infection through the whole congregation.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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