1Cor 5:6 | RWP | e4.org | Not good ( ου καλον ). Not beautiful, not seemly, in view of this plague spot, this cancer on the church. They needed a surgical operation at once instead of boasting and pride (puffed up). Καυχημα is the thing gloried in. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump ( μικρα ζυμη ολον το φυραμα ζυμο ). This proverb occurs verbatim in . Ζυμη (leaven) is a late word from ζεω , to boil, as is ζυμοω , to leaven. The contraction is regular ( -οει=ο ) for the third person singular present indicative. See the parables of Jesus for the pervasive power of leaven ( ). Some of the members may have argued that one such case did not affect the church as a whole, a specious excuse for negligence that Paul here answers. The emphasis is on the "little" ( μικρα , note position). Lump ( φυραμα from φυραω , to mix, late word, in the papyri mixing a medical prescription) is a substance mixed with water and kneaded like dough. Compare the pervasive power of germs of disease in the body as they spread through the body.

‏ 1 Corinthians 5:6

Not good ( ου καλον ). Not beautiful, not seemly, in view of this plague spot, this cancer on the church. They needed a surgical operation at once instead of boasting and pride (puffed up). Καυχημα is the thing gloried in.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump ( μικρα ζυμη ολον το φυραμα ζυμο ). This proverb occurs verbatim in Ga 5:9. Ζυμη (leaven) is a late word from ζεω, to boil, as is ζυμοω, to leaven. The contraction is regular ( -οει=ο ) for the third person singular present indicative. See the parables of Jesus for the pervasive power of leaven (Mt 13:33). Some of the members may have argued that one such case did not affect the church as a whole, a specious excuse for negligence that Paul here answers. The emphasis is on the "little" ( μικρα, note position). Lump ( φυραμα from φυραω, to mix, late word, in the papyri mixing a medical prescription) is a substance mixed with water and kneaded like dough. Compare the pervasive power of germs of disease in the body as they spread through the body.