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1 Corinthians 5:5-7
New Matthew Bible
1 Corinthians 5:5-7
New Matthew Bible
5 to deliver him to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your complacency is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven sours the whole lump of dough? 7 Purge therefore the old leaven, so that you may be new dough, as you are sweet bread. For Christ our Passover lamb is offered up for us.
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1 Corinthians 5:5-7
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1 Corinthians 5:5-7
New International Version
5 hand this man over(A) to Satan(B) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(C)
6 Your boasting is not good.(D) Don’t you know that a little yeast(E) leavens the whole batch of dough?(F) 7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.(G)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body
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