Purge out (εκκαθαρατε). First aorist (effective) active imperative of εκκαθαιρω, old verb to cleanse out (εκ), to clean completely…

Purge out therefore the old leaven... Put away; free yourselves from.

The old leaven. The apostle here takes the opportuni…

Purge out therefore the old leaven.—It is not the offending man who is spoken of here, but it is the spirit in the Church…

Paul illustrates Christian holiness and discipline by the OT teaching that no yeast was allowed in the bread eaten at the Passover feast. Yeast in …

Purge out therefore. Having borrowed an analogy from leaven, he pursues it further, though he makes a transition from a particula…

Purge out therefore the old leaven
Meaning either the incestuous person, whose crime might well be compared to sour …

The apostle notices a flagrant abuse, ignored by the Corinthians. Party spirit and a false notion of Christian liberty seem to have saved the offen…

After reminding the Corinthians of two crimes—namely, the fornicator's and that of those who condoned his sin—the Apostle now censures both. He fir…