1 Corinthians 5:8

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 5:8

Therefore let us keep the feast ,.... Not the feast of the passover, which was now ceased, though this is said in allusion to it; when the master of the house used to say F12 Haggada Shel Pesach, p. 4. Ed. Rittangel. , "everyone that is hungry, let him come and eat; he that hath need, let him come ויפסח , "and paschatize", or keep the feast of the passover:' but rather the feast of the Lord's supper is here meant, that feast of fat things Isaiah prophesied of; in which are the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore let us keep the feast - It is very likely that the time of the passover was now approaching, when the Church of Christ would be called to extraordinary acts of devotion, in commemorating the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ; and of this circumstance the apostle takes advantage in his exhortation to the Corinthians. See the Introduction, Section 12. Not with old leaven - Under the Christian dispensation we must be saved equally from Judaism, heathenism, and from sin of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 5:8

Verse 8 8.Now, in the solemnity of this sacred feast we must abstain from leaven, as God commanded the fathers to abstain. But from what leaven? As the outward passover was to them a figure of the true passover, so its appendages were figures of the reality which we at this day possess. If, therefore, we would wish to feed on Christ’s flesh and blood, let us bring to this feast sincerity and truth Let these be our loaves of unleavened bread Away with allmalice and wickedness, for it is unlawful... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:1-8

Excommunication of an incestuous offender. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:6-13

The true Church a feast. "Your glorying is not good," etc. There are numerous Churches, but only one true Church, viz. that community of men who possess the Spirit and exemplify the character of Jesus Christ. These verses lead us to look upon the true Church— I. In its INTERNAL ENJOYMENTS . It is called here a "feast." Truly the association of such Christly spirited men is a "feast" of the sublimest kind, a feast to each and all. A "feast:" 1. Because it contains the choicest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:6-13

Supplementary views and explanations. Was nothing necessary except to get rid of the offender? That was to be done, but something else was quite as much of an exigency. Here, then, we see the extent to which the enormous evil had spread, for the whole Church had been infected. If the vice had assumed in one man the completest form of social iniquity, what was the state of the atmosphere in which this was possible? Such corruption was not sporadic: the whole air was poisoned; and in this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

"Our Passover." What the Jews had, we have—only with fuller and richer significance. They had the foretastes, the shadows; we have the substance. The events in their history point forward to the greater events in ours. They had a Passover, and so have we; and theirs was a prefigurement of ours. I. CHRIST IS OUR PASSOVER . 1. He was typified by the Paschal lamb. Often called the "Lamb" (for example, John 1:29 ; Revelation 5:12 ). 2. Identified with deliverance... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

The Christian life a Paschal feast. The mention of leaven recalls to the apostle's mind the Jewish Passover, in connection with which the putting away of leaven was strictly enjoined. A most careful search was made forevery remnant of the forbidden substance, especially in later times, when every hole and corner was ransacked with candles. What was done then with leaven should be done now with that of which leaven is the type (comp. Exodus 12:1-51 .). I. CHRIST OUR PASCHAL ... read more

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