1 Corinthians 5:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Get rid of the old yeast! Then you will be like fresh bread made without yeast, and that is what you are. Our Passover lamb is Christ, who has already been sacrificed.

Cross References

Exodus 12:15

For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. And on the first of these seven days, you must remove all yeast from your homes. If you eat anything made with yeast during this festival, you will no longer be part of Israel.

Matthew 13:33

Jesus also said: The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a woman mixes a little yeast into three big batches of flour. Finally, all the dough rises.

Mark 14:12

It was the first day of the Festival of Thin Bread, and the Passover lambs were being killed. Jesus' disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal?”

John 1:29

The next day, John saw Jesus coming towards him and said: Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:36

When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Here is the Lamb of God!”

John 19:14

It was about midday on the day before Passover, and Pilate said to the crowd, “Look at your king!”

Romans 3:25

God sent Christ to be our sacrifice. Christ offered his life's blood, so that by faith in him we could come to God. And God did this to show that in the past he was right to be patient and forgive sinners. This also shows that God is right when he accepts people who have faith in Jesus.

1 Corinthians 10:17

By sharing in the same loaf of bread, we become one body, even though there are many of us.

1 Corinthians 5:13

God judges everyone else. The Scriptures say, “Chase away any of your own people who are evil.”

Ephesians 4:22

You were told that your foolish desires will destroy you and that you must give up your old way of life with all its bad habits.

Revelation 5:12

and they were saying in a loud voice, “The Lamb who was killed is worthy to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory, and praise.”