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1 Corinthians 5:6

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Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
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  1. Galatians 5:9Rank 1 from verse 6
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    9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

  2. 1 Corinthians 15:33Rank 2 from verse 6
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    33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

  3. James 4:16Rank 3 from verse 6
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    16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

  4. 1 Corinthians 5:2Rank 4 from verse 6
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    2And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

  5. 1 Corinthians 3:21Rank 5 from verse 6
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    21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

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1 Corinthians 5:6

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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glorying

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of glory, meaning to boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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leaven

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Sense 1: Fermented dough used to make other dough rise; figuratively, a spreading influence. Sense 2: To make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.

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leaveneth

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Third-person singular present form of leaven, meaning to make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.

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lump

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A mass of things blended or gathered together; taken as a whole or in gross.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

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7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

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