1 Corinthians 5:6
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?”
μικρός
Small, little, least. Mikros. Unless you become like a little child. The kingdom belongs to the small in their own eyes. Greatness in the kingdom is measured differently.
καλός
good is
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καλός
Good, beautiful, excellent. Kalos. She has done a beautiful thing. What looks like extravagance to the world looks beautiful to Jesus. He sees the love behind the act.
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φύραμα
lump
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φύραμα
perhaps akin to G5453 (φύω) through the idea of swelling in bulk), mean to knead; a mass of dough
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καύχημα
boasting
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καύχημα
a boast (properly, the object; by implication, the act) in a good or a bad sense
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ζύμη
leaven
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ζύμη
ferment (as if boiling up)
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ζυμόω
leavens?
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ζυμόω
to cause to ferment
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