1 Corinthians 5:7
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.
6 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:
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.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.
- ASV
- Purge 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:
- DARBY
- Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For also our passover, Christ, has been sacrificed;
- BLB
- Cleanse out the old leaven, so that you⁺ may be a new lump, as you⁺ are, unleavened. For also Christ our Passover was sacrificed,
- ÅB
- Rens derfor ut den gamle surdeig, så dere kan være ny deig, slik som dere er usyrede! for vårt påskelam er jo slaktet: Kristus.
- OTB
- Fjern den gamle surdeigen, slik at dere kan være en ny deig, akkurat som dere faktisk er usyret. For Kristus, vårt påskelam, er også blitt ofret.
- B1930
- Rens derfor ut den gamle surdeig, så I kan være ny deig, likesom I er usyrede! for vårt påskelam er jo slaktet: Kristus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 1:19–20
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Read in contextEphesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Read in contextColossians 3:5–9
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Read in contextJohn 1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Read in contextExodus 12:15
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Read in contextActs 8:32–35
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
Read in contextExodus 13:6–7
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
Read in contextExodus 12:5–6
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
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