1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore we should feast, not by old leaven, nor by leaven of evil and wickedness, but by non-leaven of sincerity and truth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with fornicators,
Cross References
Exodus 13:6Seven days thou shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to LORD.
Numbers 28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is LORD's Passover.
Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year all thy males shall appear before LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. And they shall not appear before
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man to whom LORD does not impute sin, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Isaiah 25:6And in this mountain LORD of hosts will make to all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the dregs, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the dregs well refined.
Matthew 16:6And Jesus said to them, Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:8-9
Exhortation to Christian Purity. ( a. d. 57.) 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. Here the apostle exhorts them to purity, by purging out the old leaven. In this observe, I. The advice itself, addressed either, 1. To the church in general; and so purging… Read the whole commentary →