1 Corinthians 5:6

Immorality Rebuked

5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?7Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

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Berean Standard Bible
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
American Standard Version (1901)
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Bible in Basic English
This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
Douay-Rheims 1899
Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump?
Free Bible Version
You shouldn't be proud about this. Don't you know that it only takes a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise?
Geneva Bible 1599
Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe?
King James (Authorized) Version
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Plain English Version
So stop telling everyone that you are properly good. It’s not true. Let me tell you a picture story about baking powder. We put a little bit of baking powder into the flour when we make damper. And that little bit of baking powder goes into all the flour in the bowl and makes all the dough swell up.
Translation for Translators
It is not good that, while you are letting that immoral man continue to be in your congregation, you are boasting about being spiritually mature. ◄You know that a small amount of yeast affects all the bread dough [MET] into which it is put {a woman puts it}./Do you not know that a small amount of yeast affects all the bread dough [MET] into which it is put?► [RHQ] Similarly, one person who continues to sin will have a bad effect on all the congregation.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole loaf?
Noah Webster Bible
Your boasting is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
World English Bible
Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
Young's Literal Translation
Not good [is] your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?