1 Corinthians 5:7
Purge ye out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump,—even as ye are unleavened; for, our passover, hath even been sacrificed—Christ:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6Unseemly, is your boast! Know ye not that, a little leaven, doth leaven, the whole of the lump?
Cross References
Exodus 12:5A lamb without defect a male a year old, shall yours be,—from the sheep or from the goats, shall ye take it.
Exodus 13:6Seven days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes,—and on the seventh day, [shall be] a festival to Yahweh.
Mark 14:12And, on the first day of the unleavened cakes, when, the passover, they were slaying, his disciples say unto him—Where wilt thou, we depart and make ready, that thou mayest eat the passover?
John 1:36and, looking at Jesus walking, he saith—See! the Lamb of God!
Acts 8:32Now, the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was, this:—As a sheep, unto slaughter, was he led, and, as a lamb, before him that sheareth it, is dumb, so, he openeth not his mouth.
1 Corinthians 10:17Because, one loaf, one body, we, the many, are, for we, all, of the one loaf, partake.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 5:2-7
A Case of Gross Criminality; Christian Purity. ( a. d. 57.) 1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the name of… Read the whole commentary →