1 Corinthians 5:6

In 9 translations

BSB

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

KJV

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

WEB

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

ASV

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

LSV

Your glorying [is] not good; have you not known that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

YLT

Not good [is] your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

DBY

Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

DRC

Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump?

GNV

Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν. οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ;

RP2018

Οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν. Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ;

TR-Boyd

Οὐ καλὸν τὸ καύχημα ὑμῶν. Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι μικρὰ ζύμη ὅλον τὸ φύραμα ζυμοῖ;

SCR1894

ου καλον το καυχημα υμων ουκ οιδατε οτι μικρα ζυμη ολον το φυραμα ζυμοι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Galatians 5:9A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
• James 4:16As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
• 1 Corinthians 5:2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
• 1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
• 1 Corinthians 4:18–19Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
• Luke 13:21It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
• Matthew 13:33He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
• 2 Timothy 2:17and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
• Matthew 16:6–12“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.” Aware of their conversation, Jesus…

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