1 Corinthians 5:6

Easy To Read Version

Your proud boasting is not good. You know the saying, “Just a little yeast {\cf2\super [29]} makes the whole batch of dough rise.”

Cross References

Hosea 7:4

A baker presses dough \{to make bread\}.\par \{He puts the bread in the oven.\}\par The baker does not make the fire hotter\par while the bread is rising.\par \{But the people of Israel are not like that.\}\par The people of Israel are always making\par their fire hotter.\par

Matthew 13:33

Then Jesus told the people another story: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman mixes into a big bowl of flour to make bread. The yeast makes all the dough (bread) rise.”

Luke 13:21

It is like yeast {\cf2\super [242]} that a woman mixes into a big bowl of flour to make bread. The yeast makes all the dough (bread) rise.”

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that when you give yourselves like slaves to obey someone, then you are really slaves of that person. The person you obey is your master. You can follow sin, or obey God. Sin brings spiritual death. But obeying God makes you right with him.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t be fooled: “Bad friends will ruin good habits.”

1 Corinthians 3:21

So you should not boast about men. All things are yours:

1 Corinthians 5:2

And still you are proud of yourselves! You should have been filled with sadness. And the man that did that sin should be put out of your group.

Galatians 5:9

\{Be careful!\} “Just a little yeast {\cf2\super [64]} makes the whole batch of dough rise.” {\cf2\super [65]}

2 Timothy 2:17

Their \{evil\} teaching will spread like a sickness inside the body. Hymenaeus and Philetus are men like that.

James 4:16

But now you are proud and you boast. All of this boasting is wrong.