1 Corinthians 5:8 - Exposition

Therefore let us keep the feast. Let us keep the Christian feast of Christ's resurrection in that spirit of holiness—of purging away sin from the midst of us—which was symbolized by the Jewish removal of leaven. Not with old leaven . For now ye are "in Christ," and, therefore, are a "new creation." Leaven is the type of hypocrisy ( Luke 12:1 ) in its secret workings, but more generally it is a type of every corrupting influence. Of sincerity and truth. "All that corresponds to an unsullied, uncontaminated, and genuine Christian character." The beautiful Greek word for "sincerity" means freedom from all admixture. It is, perhaps, derived from "testing in the sunshine," and is used by St. Paul in 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 2:17 . "Truth" means "reality."