Galatians 5:9
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
- KJV
- A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
- WEB
- A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
- ASV
- A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
- DARBY
- A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
- BLB
- A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
- ÅB
- En liten surdeig syrer hele deigen.
- OTB
- En liten mengde gjær påvirker hele deigen.
- B1930
- En liten surdeig syrer hele deigen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Read in contextMark 8:15
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:6–7
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Read in contextLuke 12:1
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Read in contextLuke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Read in contextMatthew 16:6–12
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:17
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
Read in contextMatthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
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