1 Corinthians 5:8
so that we may keep the celebration, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9I wrote to you in the letter, not to keep company with whoremongers—
Cross References
Exodus 13:6Seven days you eat unleavened things, and in the seventh day [is] a celebration to YHWH;
Numbers 28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, [is] the Passover to YHWH;
Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year all of your males appear before your God YHWH in the place which He chooses: in the Celebration of Unleavened Things, and in the Celebration of Weeks, and in the Celebration of Shelters; and they do not appear before YHWH empty;
Psalms 32:2O the blessedness of a man, || To whom YHWH does not impute iniquity, || And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Isaiah 25:6And YHWH of Hosts has made, || For all the peoples in this mountain, || A banquet of fat things, || A banquet of preserved things, || Fat things full of marrow, || Preserved things—refined.
Matthew 16:6and Jesus said to them, “Beware, and take heed 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 →