1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
1 Corinthians 5:6 in other translations
| BSB | Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? |
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| WEB | Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump? |
| ASV | Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? |
| YLT | Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven? |
| DARBY | Your boasting is not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? |
| BBE | This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass? |
| Webster | Your boasting is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? |
What does 1 Corinthians 5:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Is not good. Is not well, proper, right. Boasting is never good; but it is especially wrong when, as here, there is an existing evil, that is likely to corrupt the whole church. When men are disposed to boast, they should at once make the inquiry whether there is not some sin indulged in, on account of which they should be humbled and subdued. If all individual Christians, and all Christian churches, and all men of every rank and condition, would look at things as they are, they would never find occasion for boasting. It is only when we are blind to the realities of the case, and overlook our faults, that we are disposed to boast. The reason why this was improper in Corinth, Paul states--that any sin would tend to corrupt the whole church, and that therefore they ought not to boast until that was removed.
A little leaven, etc. A small quantity of leaven or yeast will pervade the entire mass of flour, or dough, and diffuse itself through it all. This is evidently a proverbial saying. It occurs also in Gal 5:9. Comp. Mt 13:33. A similar figure occurs also in the Greek classic writers. By leaven the Hebrews metaphorically understood whatever had the power of corrupting, whether doctrine, or example, or anything else. Mt 16:6. The sense here is plain. A single sin indulged in, or allowed in the church, would act like leaven--it would pervade and corrupt the whole church, unless it was removed. On this ground, and for this reason, discipline should be administered, and the corrupt member should be removed.
(c) "glorying" Jas 4:16 (d) "leaveneth" Lk 13:21
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Corinthians 5:1-8
Chapter Outline The apostle blames the Corinthians for connivance at an incestuous person; (1-8) and directs their behaviour towards those guilty of scandalous crimes. (9-13) Verses 1-8 The apostle notices a flagrant abuse, winked at by the Corinthians. Party spirit, and a false notion of Christian liberty, seem to have saved the offender from censure. Grievous indeed is it that crimes should sometimes be committed…
1 Corinthians 5:6 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 1 Corinthians 5:6
- Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
- James 4:16
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
- 1 Corinthians 5:2
And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- 1 Corinthians 4:18-19
Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
- Matthew 13:33
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- 2 Timothy 2:17
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;
- Matthew 16:6-12
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? …
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Context
- 1 Corinthians 5:5
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- 1 Corinthians 5:7
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:
1 Corinthians 5:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No es buena vuestra jactancia. ¿No sabéis que un poco de levadura leuda toda la masa? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Votre vanterie n’est pas bonne; ne savez-vous pas qu’un peu de levain fait lever la pâte tout entière? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Euer Rühmen ist nicht gut. Wisset ihr nicht, daß ein wenig Sauerteig die ganze Masse durchsäuert? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non est bona gloriatio vestra. Nescitis quia modicum fermentum totam massam corrumpit? |