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Soὥστεlet us celebrate the feast,ἑορτάζωμενnotμὴwithἐνoldπαλαιᾷleavenζύμῃnorμηδὲwithἐνthe leavenζύμῃof maliceκακίαςandκαὶwickedness,πονηρίαςbutἀλλ’withἐνthe unleavened breadἀζύμοιςof sincerityεἰλικρινείαςandκαὶtruth.ἀληθείας
1 Corinthians 5:8
Study it in the app“So let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 5:8, word by word
- Soὥστεhōste
so
Draws the conclusion from what has just been said.
Where else “hōste” appears- let us celebrate the feastἑορτάζωμενheortazōmen
celebrate the festival
Celebrate the festival, keep a feast.
Where else “heortazōmen” appears- oldπαλαιᾷpalaiai
old
Old, ancient.
Where else “palaiai” appears- leavenζύμῃzymēi
yeast
Yeast: fermented dough that makes bread rise; an image of what spreads from within.
Where else “zymēi” appears- of maliceκακίαςkakias
malice
The wish to do harm.
Where else “kakias” appears- wickednessπονηρίαςponērias
wickedness
Wickedness, malice.
Where else “ponērias” appears- the unleavened breadἀζύμοιςazymois
unleavened
Without yeast. The "unleavened bread" is the festival of Passover week.
Where else “azymois” appears- of sincerityεἰλικρινείαςeilikrineias
sincerity
Sincerity: purity of intention, without mixture.
Where else “eilikrineias” appears- truthἀληθείαςalētheias
truth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheias” appears
The context
7Clean out the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For our Passover lamb also has been sacrificed: the Messiah.
8 · This verse (above)
9I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with sexually immoral people,