1 Corinthians 5:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore let us keep the feast,c not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. ”

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let us keep the feast - Margin, “Holy day” ἑορτάζωμεν heortazōmen. This is language drawn from the paschal feast, and is used by Paul frequently to carry out and apply his illustration. It...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore let us keep the (g) feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth. (g) Let us lead our whole life as...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Therefore . So then. keep the feast . Greek. heortazo . Only here. He means, the Passover being past, we are living in the days of unleavened bread. Figure of speech Allegory. App-6. Psalms 89...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. Now, in the solemnity of this sacred feast we must abstain from leaven, as God commanded the fathers to abstain. But from what leaven? As the outward passover was to them a figure of the t...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Therefore let us keep the feast - It is...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Not ... old leaven - of our uncon...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Old leaven — i.e., in their old state generally; and then the Apostle proceeds to particularise. Sincerity and truth are to take the place of malice and wickedness in the continuous life of the C...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE FEAST OF JOY ‘Therefore let us keep the feast.’ 1 Corinthians 5:8 Why ought we to be happy in the resurrection of Christ? What are some of the true fountains of His resurrection? I. W...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore let us keep the feast ,.... Not the feast of the passover, which was now ceased, though this is said in allusion to it; when the master of the house used to say l, "everyone that is hungr...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Ver. 8. Let us keep the feast ] The...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Therefore let us keep the feast: here is a manifest allusion to the feast of the Jewish passover, which was immediately followed with the feast of unleavened bread for seven days. As the passover p...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The general need of purification in the Christian congregations:
1 Corinthians 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:3 ; 1 Corinthians 5:1 ; 1 Corinthians 5:6 ; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ; 1 John 3:18-21 ; 1 Peter 2:1 ; 1 Peter 2:2 ; 1 Peter 4:2 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 12:20 ; 2 C...
1 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Therefore let us keep the feast — Let us feed on him by faith. Here is a plain allusion to the Lord's supper, which was instituted in the room of the passover. Not with the old leaven — Of heatheni...

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 5:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 5:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 5:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes