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1st Corinthians chapter 5 verse 6

your boasting is not good.

Do you not know that a little leavens the whole lump?

We're looking at 1st Corinthians 5, 4 and 5 and how excommunicating someone from the church for unrepentant sin is good for that person.

The hope is they would see the seriousness of sin and be drawn back to Christ.

But this is not just good for that person.

This is also good for the church.

So the whole picture here in verse six is, a little leavens the whole

lump.

So the whole picture is like with bread,

if you have a little bit of bad in the leaven there, it can affect the whole lump.

Maybe another picture similar to this could be like a bottle of water.

Like one drop of poison.

Is it that big a deal?

It's just one drop in a whole bottle.

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