1 Corinthians 5:8
And so, let us feast, not with the old leaven, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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In Context
9As I have written to you in an epistle: “Do not associate with fornicators,”
Cross References
Exodus 13:6For seven days, you shall feed on unleavened bread. And on the seventh day, it will be the solemnity of the Lord.
Numbers 28:16Then, in the first month, the fourteenth day of the month shall be the Passover of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year, all your males shall appear in the sight the Lord your God in the place which he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles. No one shall appear before the Lord empty.
Psalms 32:2Confess to the Lord with stringed instruments; sing psalms to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.
Isaiah 25:6And the Lord of hosts will cause all the peoples on this mountain to feast on fatness, to feast on wine, a fatness full of marrow, a purified wine.
Matthew 16:6And he said to them, “Consider and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the 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 →