1 Corinthians 5:6

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Summary

1 Corinthians 5:6

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

Glorying

A little

General references

1 Corinthians 1:29

Galatians 5:9

James 4:16

Bible References

Glorying

And you are arrogant [about it] instead [of being ashamed]. Should you not be grieved to the point of removing from your fellowship the person who has done this [terrible] deed?

So, no one should boast about [the knowledge or position of] people. For all things belong to you,

Now some of you have become arrogant, thinking that I would not [dare to] come to you.

But, as it is, you people are boasting in your arrogance [and] all such boasting is evil.

A little

Do not be fooled; bad company ruins good moral behavior.

Then He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is similar to yeast, which a woman worked into a batch of dough [i.e., the amount was over half a bushel], until [the dough] was completely leavened [by it]."

Jesus said to them, "Pay attention and watch out for the leavening [effect] of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

It is similar to yeast, which a woman worked into three batches of dough, until the dough was completely permeated [by it]."

A little bit of yeast permeates the whole batch of dough [i.e., a few people can influence everyone else to do the wrong thing in this matter].

and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among these people are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

General references

This was all done so that no human being could boast in front of God.

A little bit of yeast permeates the whole batch of dough [i.e., a few people can influence everyone else to do the wrong thing in this matter].

But, as it is, you people are boasting in your arrogance [and] all such boasting is evil.