1 Corinthians 5:6-8

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

"Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 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: 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." - 1 Corinthians 5:6-8
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What does 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 mean?

The Bible verse 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 in the King James Version (KJV) reads: "6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover…

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The Purifying Feast: A Call to Holiness

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Purge Us to be a New Lump: A Prayer of Sincerity and Truth

Heavenly Father, In humility and reverence, we come before You today, reflecting upon the profound words of the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 5:6-8. We find in these verses a deep calling to examine our hearts and the state of our lives. "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not…

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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."
1 Corinthians 5:6 - "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"
1 Corinthians 6:8 - "Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren."
1 Corinthians 8:5 - "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)"
"Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?" - 1 Corinthians 5:6
1 Corinthians 5:8 - "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."
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?"
"Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren." - 1 Corinthians 6:8
1 Corinthians 8:6 - "But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."
2 Corinthians 6:5 - "In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;"
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"For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)" - 1 Corinthians 8:5
2 Corinthians 6:8 - "By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;"
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:"
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2 Corinthians 8:5 - "And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God."
2 Corinthians 5:8 - "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."
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