6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
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A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here the apostle states the case; and, I. Lets them know what was the common or general report concerning them, that one of their community was guilty of fornication, 1 Cor. 5:1. It was told in all places, to their dishonour, and the reproach of Christians. And it was the more reproachful because it could not be denied. Note, The heinous sins of professed Christians are quickly noted and noised ab…
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