1 Corinthians 5:8
“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Therefore let us keep the feast,.... Not the feast of the passover, which was now ceased, though this is said in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Let us keep the feast - Margin, “Holy day” ἑορτάζωμεν heortazōmen. This is language drawn from the paschal feast, and…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Therefore let us keep the feast - It is very likely that the time of the passover was now approaching, when the Church…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Corinthians 5:7-8
Here the apostle exhorts them to purity, by purging out the old leaven. In this observe,
I. The advice itself, addressed…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
keep the feast Rather, keep festival, referring to the perpetual feast the Christian Church keeps on the Flesh and Blood…
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