Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
In Context
8The bias of your mind is not from him who called you.
Cross References
Matthew 16:6And he said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
Mark 8:15And he charged them, and said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Luke 13:21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three seahs of meal, until the whole was fermented.
1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived; " Evil stories corrupt well-disposed minds."
Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:2-13
Exhortation to Stedfastness; Persuasives to Stedfastness. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the… Read the whole commentary →