Wherefore let us keep the feast (ωστε εορταζωμεν). Present active subjunctive (volitive). Let us keep on keeping the feast, a perp…

Let us keep the feast. The margin note is Holy day—eortazwmen. This is language drawn from the paschal feast and is used…

Old leaven—that is, in their old state generally; and then the Apostle proceeds to specify. Sincerity and truth are to take the p…

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 …

Now, in the solemnity of this sacred feast, we must abstain from leaven, as God commanded the forefathers to abstain. But from what leaven…

Therefore let us keep the feast
Not the feast of the passover, which was now ceased, though this is said in allusion…

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…