Galatians 5:9
A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
In Context
8This ready belief did not come from him who had made you his.
Cross References
Matthew 16:6And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 8:15And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
Luke 13:21It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.
1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.
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 →