1 Corinthians 5:8

So let us keep the unending feast, not with any old leaven, neither with leaven of malice and vice, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Then get rid of the old leaven, so that you may be like a new lump, as you are now unleavened. For our Paschal Lamb has already been sacrificed, Christ himself.

9I told you in my letter not to associate with the immoral.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:6Presently Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees."

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 →

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