Galatians 5:9

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

In Context

8This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

10I have confidence toward you in Lord, that ye will think no other thing. But the man who troubles you will bear the verdict, whoever he may be.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:6And Jesus said to them, Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Mark 8:15And he commanded them, saying, Take heed, watch for the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

Luke 13:21It is like leaven that a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

1 Corinthians 15:33Be not led astray. Evil associations corrupt good habits.

Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:2-13

Exhortation to Stedfastness; Persuasives to Stedfastness. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the… Read the whole commentary →

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