1 Corinthians 5:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So don't celebrate the festival by being evil and sinful, which is like serving bread made with yeast. Be pure and truthful and celebrate by using bread made without yeast.

Cross References

Psalm 32:2

You bless them by saying, “You told me your sins, without trying to hide them, and now I forgive you.”

Psalm 42:4

Sorrow floods my heart, when I remember leading the worshippers to your house. I can still hear them shout their joyful praises.

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.

Exodus 12:19

During these seven days no yeast is allowed in anyone's home, whether they are native Israelites or not. If you are caught eating anything made with yeast, you will no longer be part of Israel.

Exodus 12:8

That night the animals are to be roasted and eaten, together with bitter herbs and thin bread made without yeast.

Exodus 13:6

for seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day you are to celebrate a festival in honour of the LORD.

Exodus 13:7

During those seven days, you must not eat anything made with yeast or even have yeast anywhere near your homes.

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the LORD All-Powerful will prepare for all nations a feast of the finest foods. Choice wines and the best meats will be served.

Isaiah 30:29

The LORD's people will sing as they do when they celebrate a religious festival at night. The LORD is Israel's mighty rock, and his people will be as happy as they are when they follow the sound of flutes to the mountain where he is worshipped.

Leviticus 23:6

The Festival of Thin Bread begins on the fifteenth day of that same month; it lasts seven days, and during this time you must honour me by eating bread made without yeast.

Matthew 16:12

Finally, the disciples understood that Jesus wasn't talking about the yeast used to make bread, but about the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 16:6

Jesus then warned them, “Watch out! Guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Mark 8:15

Jesus warned them, “Watch out! Guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

Luke 12:1

As thousands of people crowded around Jesus and were stepping on each other, he told his disciples: Be sure to guard against the dishonest teaching of the Pharisees! It is their way of fooling people.

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said, “Here is a true descendant of our ancestor Israel. And he isn't deceitful.”

1 Corinthians 3:3

because you are not yet spiritual. You are jealous and argue with each other. This proves that you are not spiritual and that you are acting like the people of this world.

1 Corinthians 5:1

I have heard terrible things about some of you. In fact, you are behaving worse than the Gentiles. A man is even sleeping with his own stepmother.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Stop being proud! Don't you know how a little yeast can spread through the whole batch of dough?

2 Corinthians 1:12

We can be proud of our clear conscience. We have always lived honestly and sincerely, especially when we were with you. And we were guided by God's wonderful kindness instead of by the wisdom of this world.

2 Corinthians 2:17

A lot of people try to get rich from preaching God's message. But we are God's sincere messengers, and by the power of Christ we speak our message with God as our witness.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am not ordering you to do this. I am simply testing how real your love is by comparing it with the concern that others have shown.

Ephesians 6:24

May God be kind to everyone who keeps on loving our Lord Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 16:16

Each year there are three festivals when all Israelite men must go to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshipped. These are the Festival of Thin Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Shelters. And don't forget to take along a gift for the LORD.

Deuteronomy 16:3

Eat all the meat of the Passover sacrifice that same night. But don't serve bread made with yeast at the Passover meal. Serve the same kind of thin bread that you ate when you were slaves suffering in Egypt and when you had to leave Egypt quickly. As long as you live, this thin bread will remind you of the day you left Egypt. For seven days following Passover, don't make any bread with yeast. In fact, there should be no yeast anywhere in Israel.

Joshua 24:14

Then Joshua told the people: Worship the LORD, obey him, and always be faithful. Get rid of the idols your ancestors worshipped when they lived on the other side of the River Euphrates and in Egypt.

1 Peter 4:2

It means you have turned from your own desires and want to obey God for the rest of your life.