1 Corinthians 5:6
“Your glorying is not good: know ye not that a little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe?”
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1 Corinthians 5:6 Context
4In the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, when yee are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Iesus Christ, 5To deliuer such a one vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus. 6Your glorying is not good: know ye not that a little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe? 7Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a new lumpe, as ye are vnleauened. For euen Christ our Passeouer is sacrificed for vs. 8Therefore let vs keepe the Feast, not with old leauen, neither with the leauen of malice and wickednesse: but with the vnleauened bread of sinceritie and trueth.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- King James Version
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump {of dough?}
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- American Standard Version (1901)
This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
- Basic English Bible
Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
- Darby Bible
Your boasting is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- Webster's Bible
It is no good thing--this which you make the ground of your boasting. Do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough?
- Weymouth Bible
Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
- World English Bible
Youre gloriyng is not good. Witen ye not, that a litil sourdow apeyrith al the gobet?
- Wycliffe Bible
Not good [is] your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 5:6
5:6 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.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 5:6
1Co 5:6 Your glorying [is] not good. Boasting, in such a state of affairs, was unseemly. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. As a little leavens the whole mass of dough, so one sinner suffered to go on in impurity sends a corrupting influence through the whole church. Compare Ga 5:9.