KJV King James Version
Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
WEB World English Bible
Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
ASV American Standard Version
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 5
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, [concerning] him that hath so done this deed,
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 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.
6 Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7 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:
8 Therefore 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.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΟὐG3756 · ounoκαλὸνG2570 · kalosgoodτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαύχημαG2745 · kauchēmaprideὑμῶν.G4771 · suyouοὐκG3756 · ounoοἴδατεG6063 · oidato knowὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatμικρὰG3398 · mikrossmallζύμηG2219 · zumēleavenὅλονG3650 · holosallτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoφύραμαG5445 · phuramalumpζυμοῖ;G2220 · zumoōto leaven
Cross-references
Galatians 5:9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.James 4:16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.1 Corinthians 5:2And 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 3:21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;1 Corinthians 4:18-19Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.Luke 13:21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.Matthew 13:33Another 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.2 Timothy 2:17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;Matthew 16:6-12Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
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