1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9I wrote to you in an epistle, not to keep company with fornicators.
Cross References
Exodus 13:6Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be the solemnity of the Lord.
Numbers 28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, shall be the phase of the Lord,
Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. No one shall appear with his hands empty before the Lord:
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Isaiah 25:6dummy verses inserted by amos
Matthew 16:6Who said to them: Take heed 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 →