1 Corinthians 5:6
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Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump?

glorying.

1 Corinthians 5:2 And you are puffed up and have not rather mourned: that he might be taken away from among you that hath done this thing.

1 Corinthians 3:21 Let no man therefore glory in men.

1 Corinthians 4:18,19 As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up. . . .

James 4:16 But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.

a little.

1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners.

Matthew 13:33 Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

Matthew 16:6-12 Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. . . .

Luke 13:21 It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Galatians 5:9 A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.

2 Timothy 2:17 And their speech spreadeth like a canker: of whom are Hymeneus and Philetus:

Context
Immorality Rebuked
5To deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 6Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump? 7Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ our pasch is sacrificed.…
Cross References
Hosea 7:4
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker: the city rested a little from the mingling of the leaven, till the whole was leavened.

Matthew 16:6
Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 16:12
Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Romans 6:16
Know you not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether it be of sin unto death or of obedience unto justice.

1 Corinthians 5:2
And you are puffed up and have not rather mourned: that he might be taken away from among you that hath done this thing.

Galatians 5:9
A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.

James 4:16
But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.

Lexicon
Your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

boasting
καύχημα (kauchēma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2745: A boasting; a ground of boasting (glorying, exultation). From kauchaomai; a boast in a good or a bad sense.

[is] not
Οὐ (Ou)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

good.
καλὸν (kalon)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2570: Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous.

Do you not know
οἴδατε (oidate)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

a little
μικρὰ (mikra)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3398: Little, small. Including the comparative mikroteros apparently a primary word; small (figuratively) dignity).

yeast
ζύμη (zymē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2219: Leaven, ferment, both lit. and met. Probably from zeo; ferment.

leavens
ζυμοῖ (zymoi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2220: To leaven, ferment. From zume; to cause to ferment.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

whole
ὅλον (holon)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.

batch [of dough]?
φύραμα (phyrama)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5445: A mass or lump, as of bread dough. From a prolonged form of phuro, mean to knead; a mass of dough.


Additional Translations
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

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

Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

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

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

It is no good thing--this which you make the ground of your boasting. Do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough?

Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
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