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

Bible Comments

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 unconverted state.

Malice - the opposite of "sincerity," which allows no leaven of evil to be mixed up with good (Matthew 16:6).

Wickedness - the opposite of "truth," which allows not evil to be mistaken for good. "Malice" х kakia (G2549)] means the evil habit of mind; "wickedness" х poneeria (G4189)] its outcoming in word and deed. "Sincerity" х eilikrineia (G1505)] expresses literally a thing which, examined by sunlight, is found unadulterated.

1 Corinthians 5:8

8 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.