1 Corinthians 5:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 5:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 5:7 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sac..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 5:7 — KJV
“Purge 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: is sacrificed; or, is slain”
— 1 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 5:7 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 5:7
“And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? killed: or, sacrificed”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:7: leaven, may, unleavened
“Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:7: leaven, may, unleavened
“And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:7: old, leaven, unleavened
“And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:7: old, may, new
“Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 5:7: leaven, new, unleavened
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