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NASB | 1 Corinthians 5:6 ¶ Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 5:6 ¶ Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]? |
Bible Question: I'm looking for a verse that, in essence,says if part of a thing is wrong the whole thing is wrong.Can ayone help? |
Bible Answer: Hi Moby Dick, The Bible illustration found at 1 Cor 5:6 that a little leaven or yeast of badness will spoil the whole loaf or congregation is a true one and fits your "worldly saying" just as one bad apple in a basket, if not removed, will spoil all the apples in the basket. This requires that the congregation of God be kept clean from moral and spiritual uncleaness. Following are some more Biblical examples of where bad individuals brought congregational responsibility or accountability threatening punishment upon the entire group when the guilty ones were not removed at once. Leviticus 20:1-5; Numbers 16:19-35; Deuteronomy 21:1-9; Joshua 7:1, 11-26. Tara1 |
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