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1 Corinthians 5:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump [of dough]?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Your boasting [is] not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Unseemly, is your boast! Know ye not that, a little leaven, doth leaven, the whole of the lump?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Not good [is] your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Your glorying is not good: know ye not that a little leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven will leaven the whole lump?
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— MY brethren, your boasting is not seemly. Know you not that a little leaven the whole mass leaveneth?
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— Your glorying is not praiseworthy. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass?

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Your 5216
{5216} Prime
ὑμῶν
humon
{hoo-mone'}
Genitive case of G5210; of (from or concerning) you.
glorying 2745
{2745} Prime
καύχημα
kauchema
{kow'-khay-mah}
From G2744; a boast (properly the objective; by implication the act) in a good or bad sense.
[is] not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
good. 2570
{2570} Prime
καλός
kalos
{kal-os'}
Of uncertain affinity; properly beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), that is, valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from G0018, which is properly intrinsic).
Know x1492
(1492) Complement
εἰδῶ
eido
{i-do'}
A primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent, G3700 and G3708; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know.
ye y1492
[1492] Standard
εἰδῶ
eido
{i-do'}
A primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent, G3700 and G3708; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know.
z5758
<5758> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 516
not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
that 3754
{3754} Prime
ὅτι
hoti
{hot'-ee}
Neuter of G3748 as conjugation; demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because.
a little 3398
{3398} Prime
μικρός
mikros
{mik-ros'}
Apparently a primary word, including the comparative (second form); small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity).
leaven 2219
{2219} Prime
ζύμη
zume
{dzoo'-may}
Probably from G2204; ferment (as if boiling up).
leaveneth 2220
{2220} Prime
ζυμόω
zumoo
{dzoo-mo'-o}
From G2219; to cause to ferment.
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
whole 3650
{3650} Prime
ὅλος
holos
{hol'-os}
A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', that is, complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb.
lump? 5445
{5445} Prime
φύραμα
phurama
{foo'-ram-ah}
From a prolonged form of φύρω [[phuro]] (to mix a liquid with a solid; perhaps akin to G5453 through the idea of swelling in bulk), mean to knead; a mass of dough.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:6

_ _ Your glorying in your own attainments and those of your favorite teachers (1 Corinthians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 4:19; 1 Corinthians 5:2), while all the while ye connive at such a scandal, is quite unseemly.

_ _ a little leaven leaveth ... whole lump — (Galatians 5:9), namely, with present complicity in the guilt, and the danger of future contagion (1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Timothy 2:17).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 1 Corinthians 5:1-6.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying — Either in your gifts or prosperity, at such a time as this, is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven — One sin, or one sinner. Leaveneth the whole lump — Diffuses guilt and infection through the whole congregation.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

1 Corinthians 5:6

(7) Your glorying (d) [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

(7) Another goal of excommunication is that others are not infected, and therefore it must of necessity be retained in the Church, so that one is not infected by the other.

(d) Is nothing and not grounded upon good reason, as though you were excellent, and yet there is such wickedness found among you.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
glorying:

1 Corinthians 5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
1 Corinthians 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
1 Corinthians 4:18-19 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. ... But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
James 4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

a little:

1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
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 the whole was leavened.
Matthew 16:6-12 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. ... Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Luke 13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Galatians 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
2 Timothy 2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Mt 13:33; 16:6. Lk 13:21. 1Co 3:21; 4:18; 5:2; 15:33. Ga 5:9. 2Ti 2:17. Jm 4:16.

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