1 Corinthians 5:8
So let us celebrate this festival, not with old yeast or the yeast of evil and wickedness, but with the bread made without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
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9In my previous letter I wrote that you should not associate with immoral people.
Cross References
Exodus 13:6For seven days you are to only eat bread without yeast, and on the seventh day hold a religious festival to honor the Lord.
Numbers 28:16The Lord's Passover is on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Deuteronomy 16:16All your men must come before the Lord your God in the place He will choose three times every year: the Festival of Bread without Yeast, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters. No one should come before the Lord without an offering.
Psalms 32:2How happy are those whose sins the Lord does not count against them, those who do not act deceptively.
Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast for all nations, a lavish feast of aged wines, rich food, and the best meat.
Matthew 16:6“Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,” Jesus told them.
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 →