1 Corinthians 5:8
so that let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9I have written to you in the epistle not to mix with fornicators;
Cross References
Exodus 13:6Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread; and in the seventh day is a feast to Jehovah.
Numbers 28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the passover to Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he will choose, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!
Isaiah 25:6And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Matthew 16:6And Jesus said to them, See 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 →