1 Corinthians 5:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificedb for us: ”

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Purge out therefore ... - Put away; free yourselves from. The old leaven - The apostle here takes occasion, from the mention of leaven, to exhort the Corinthians to put away vice and sin. The...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(8) Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new (e) lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our (f) passover is sacrificed for us: (8) By alluding to the ceremony of the passover, h...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Purge out . Greek. ekkathairo. Only here and 2 Timothy 2:21 . Christ . App-98. is . was. for . on behalf of . App-104. But the texts omit "for us".
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Purge out therefore Having borrowed a similitude from leaven, he pursues it farther, though he makes a transition from a particular point to a general doctrine. For he is no longer spea...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1957 CHRIST OUR PASSOVER 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 . Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wi...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: Purge out therefore the old leaven - As it is the custom of the...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Purge out therefore the old leaven— The Apostle continues the figure from unleaved bread, 1 Corinthians 5:6 with a particular view to the Jewish passover, in which it was forbidden. "As therefore...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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: Old leaven - the remnant of the "old" ( Ephesians 4:22-...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'A rumour has reached me that unchastity exists among you, and that one of your number has taken his stepmother as his wife, an act which the very heathen abhor. (2) How can you maintai...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Purge out therefore the old leaven. — It is not the offending man who is here spoken of, but it is the spirit in the Church which tolerated the evil, and which is to be purged out of their midst th...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 8 EXCOMMUNICATION; OR, PURGING OUT THE OLD LEAVEN FROM the subject of the factions in the Corinthian Church, which has so long detained Paul, he now passes to the second division of his E...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Removing Germs of Evil 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 The sin referred to in this chapter has been condoned by the Corinthian church, and this proved that the prevalent standard of morals was low. A man...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle now passed to derelictions. The first was lack of discipline. A case of immorality had brought no sense of shame to the church, and no action had been taken. The woman was called to immed...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (7) Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRIST AND THE PASSOVER ‘Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.’ 1 Corinthians 5:7 The Passover is perhaps the most interesting ceremony in the world on the sole ground of its continuous...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Purge out therefore the old leaven ,....] Meaning either the incestuous person, whose crime might well be compared to sour "leaven", and be called old because of his long continuance in it; whom the...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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: Ver. 7. As ye are unleavened ] viz. In part sanctified. Eve...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Your glorying Of the flourishing state of your church, or of your gifts, at such a time as this; is not good Is very unseasonable, your church being defiled by tolerating such vices, and thereby...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The emphasis on human wisdom in Corinth was sadly accompanied by a case of revolting moral corruption. Philosophy is far removed from spiritual power, very commonly. Paul speaks here of a case well k...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Christian Purity. A. D. 57. 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Purge out therefore the old leaven: if the article thn in this place be emphatical (as some think) it ought to have been translated this old leaven, that is, the incestuous person, whose c...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Important Scandals That Have To Be Dealt With (5:1-6:20). Having dealt with the central spiritual concern which has been to do with their divisiveness over secondary matters, over ‘the wisdom of w...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES THE CASE OF SHAMEFUL SIN (Also in 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 ; 2 Corinthians 7:8-12 .) 1 Corinthians 5:1 . Commonly .—“ Actually ” (; widely accepted). Among you .—Join with “ ther...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Our Passover. I. Our Passover Sacrifice. It is very noteworthy, regard being had to the great prominence which the idea of Christ as our Passover has received in later theolog...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 5:1 . There is fornication among you. Πορνεια designates every species of illicit intercourse between the sexes. Our Saxon word forliggian properly expresses fornication, but here...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

It is reported that there is fornication among you. Gross scandals 1. May arise within the Church. 2. Occasion grievous reproach. 3. Should be instantly investigated and removed. ( J. Lyt...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 5:1-46 Excommunication of an incestuous offender. 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported. The abruptness with which the subject is introduced shows the inten...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The general need of purification in the Christian congregations:
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:17 ; 1 Corinthians 15:3 ; 1 Corinthians 15:4 ; 1 Corinthians 5:13 ; 1 Peter 1:19 ; 1 Peter 1:20 ; Acts 8:32-35 ; Colossians 3:5-9 ; Ephesians 4:22 ; Exodus 12:15 ; Exodus...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Admonitions to a Worldly Church 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. How quickly bad reports fly. The Apostle wrote, "It is reported commonly." Just so. Evil deeds usually travel on the...
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Purge out therefore the old leaven — Both of sinners and of sin. That ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened — That is, that being unleavened ye may be a new lump, holy unto the Lord. For our p...

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 5:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 5:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 5:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes