1 Corinthians 5:6

1 Corinthians chapter 5 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.5to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

v.6This passage

v.7Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • James 4:16

    But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

  • 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 it was all leavened.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:33

    Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

  • Matthew 16:6

    And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • 2 Timothy 2:17

    and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;

  • 1 Corinthians 5:2

    And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.