1 Corinthians 5:6

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Your glorying - Your boasting; or confidence in your present condition, as if you were eminent in purity and piety. Is not good - Is not well...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 a...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Your glorying is not good. He condemns their glorying, not simply because they extolled themselves beyond what is lawful for man, but beca...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Your glorying is not good— Some would read this interrogatively,— Have you not a fine subject for boasting?—Glorying or boasting is throughout the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Your glorying in your attachments and your teachers ( 1...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Your glorying ] see on 1 Corinthians 5:2 . A little leaven ] Leaven is here used of corrupting influences as elsewhere in the NT., except in our L...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Your glorying is not good. — There is possibly a reference here to some boasting regarding their spiritual state contained in the letter which had...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 ac...
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 ne...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE EFFECT OF A LITTLE LEAVEN ‘Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?’ 1 Corinthians 5:6 The subject of sin pervades the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Your glorying is not good ,.... Their glorying in their outward flourishing condition, in their riches and wealth, and in their ministers, in their...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Ver. 6. Your glorying is not good ] It is the height of w...
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 be...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Case of Gross Criminality; Christian Purity. A. D. 57....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

You boast and glory because you have men of parts amongst you, persons whom the world count wise; your glorying is not good; what do you glory for,...
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 divisive...
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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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. Shou...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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....

⁶ Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 5:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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