1 Corinthians 5:6

“Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?”

"Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?" - 1 Corinthians 5:6
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What does 1 Corinthians 5:6 mean?

1 Corinthians 5:6 (KJV) "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?" This verse from the first letter to the Corinthians by the apostle Paul addresses the issue of sin within the church. Paul uses the metaphor of leaven to illustrate…

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The Power of Influence: Recognizing the Little Leaven in Our Lives

In 1 Corinthians 5:6, the Apostle Paul articulates a profound truth that echoes through time and finds its relevance in our daily lives: "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?" This verse serves as a powerful reminder of the…

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A Prayer for Humility and Wisdom in Christ

Dear Heavenly Father, We come before your throne of grace, humbled and awestruck by your holiness and the depth of your wisdom. As we reflect on the words found in 1 Corinthians 5:6, "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?" we…

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1 Corinthians 5:6 - "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"
1 Corinthians 5:6-8 - "Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
"Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." - 1 Corinthians 5:6-8
1 Corinthians 6:5 - "I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?"
2 Corinthians 6:5 - "In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;"
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1 Corinthians 6:6 - "But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers."
1 Corinthians 1:6 - "Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:"
1 Corinthians 6:19
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1 Corinthians 6:19
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1 Corinthians 6:19
1 Corinthians 12:5 - "And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord."
1 Corinthians 15:5 - "And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:"
1 Corinthians 7:6 - "But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment."
1 Corinthians 13:6 - "Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;"
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
2 Corinthians 5:6 - "Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:"