1 Corinthians 5:6-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:1-6

Here the apostle states the case; and, I. Lets them know what was the common or general report concerning them, that one of their community was guilty of fornication, 1 Cor. 5:1. It was told in all places, to their dishonour, and the reproach of Christians. And it was the more reproachful because it could not be denied. Note, The heinous sins of professed Christians are quickly noted and noised abroad. We should walk circumspectly, for many eyes are upon us, and many mouths will be opened... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Here the apostle exhorts them to purity, by purging out the old leaven. In this observe, I. The advice itself, addressed either, 1. To the church in general; and so purging out the old leaven, that they might be a new lump, refers to the putting away from themselves that wicked person, 1 Cor. 5:13. Note, Christian churches should be pure and holy, and not bear such corrupt and scandalous members. They are to be unleavened, and should endure no such heterogeneous mixture to sour and corrupt... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:1-8

5:1-8 It is actually reported that there is unchastity among you, and unchastity so monstrous that it does not even exist among the heathen, unchastity the consequence of which is that a certain man has formed a union with his father's wife; and you have regarded the matter with inflated self-complacency and you have not--as you should have--regarded it with a grief so bitter that it would take steps to see that the perpetrator of this deed should be removed from your midst. Now I, absent in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying is not good ,.... Their glorying in their outward flourishing condition, in their riches and wealth, and in their ministers, in their wisdom and parts when under such an humbling dispensation; and especially if their glorying was in the sin itself, and their connivance at it, it was far from being good, it was very criminal, as the consequence of it was dangerous: know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump ? This, in nature, is what everybody knows; and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:7

Purge out therefore the old leaven ,.... Meaning either the incestuous person, whose crime might well be compared to sour "leaven", and be called old because of his long continuance in it; whom the apostle would have removed from them; this is properly the act of excommunication, which that church was to perform, as a quite distinct thing from what the apostle himself determined to do. The allusion is to the strict search the Jews made F7 Misn Pesachim, c. 1. sect. 1. 2. Maimon. Hilch.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying is not good - You are triumphing in your superior knowledge, and busily employed in setting up and supporting your respective teachers, while the Church is left under the most scandalous corruptions - corruptions which threaten its very existence if not purged away. Know ye not - With all your boasted wisdom, do you not know and acknowledge the truth of a common maxim, a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? If this leaven - the incestuous person, be permitted to remain... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:7

Purge out therefore the old leaven - As it is the custom of the Jews previously to the passover to search their houses in the most diligent manner for the old leaven, and throw it out, sweeping every part clean; so act with this incestuous person. I have already shown with what care the Jews purged their houses from all leaven previously to the passover; see the note on Exodus 12:8-19 ; (note), and on the term passover, and Christ as represented by this ancient Jewish sacrifice; see on ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:6

Verse 6 6.Your glorying is not good. He condemns their glorying, not simply because they extolled themselves beyond what is lawful for man, but because they delighted themselves in their faults. He had previously stripped mankind of all glory; for he had shown that, as they have nothing of their own, whatever excellence they may have, they owe the entire praise of it to God alone. (1 Corinthians 4:7.) What he treats of here, however, is not that, God is defrauded of his right, when mortals... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:7

Verse 7 7.Purge out therefore Having borrowed a similitude from leaven, he pursues it farther, though he makes a transition from a particular point to a general doctrine. For he is no longer speaking of the case of incest, but exhorts them generally to purity of life, on the ground that we cannot remain in Christ if we are not cleansed. He is accustomed to do this not infrequently. When he has made a particular statement, he takes occasion to pass on to general exhortations. He had made mention... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:1-6

Church discipline. From the subject of the party divisions at Corinth, the apostle passes on to consider other evils which had come to his knowledge. The first is a case of incest, in which a member of the Church had married, or was cohabiting with, his stepmother; and this incestuous person was permitted to remain in the Christian community. Such a case gives us a glimpse into the sad condition of Corinthian society. This heterogeneous population was exposed to three influences that were... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:1-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:1-6

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