Galatians 5:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.
  • Mark 8:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
  • Luke 12:1 : 1 At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.
  • Luke 13:21 : 21 It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.
  • 1 Cor 5:6-7 : 6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass? 7 Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.
  • 2 Tim 2:17 : 17 And their words will be like poisoned wounds in the flesh: such are Hymenaeus and Philetus;
  • Matt 16:6-9 : 6 And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 7 And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread. 8 And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread? 9 Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up? 10 Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up? 11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? 12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

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  • 1 Cor 5:5-9
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    5 That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.

    6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

    7 Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.

    8 Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

    9 In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;

  • 10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

  • 8 This ready belief did not come from him who had made you his.

  • 21 It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.

  • 15 And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

  • Matt 16:6-7
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    6 And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

    7 And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

  • 33 Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

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    11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

    12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • 2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

  • Gal 5:15-16
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    15 But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.

    16 But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.

  • 1 At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

  • 2 Cor 9:5-6
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    5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

    6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

  • 10 He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.

  • 15 Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

  • 4 They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.

  • 5 Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

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    19 For seven days no leaven is to be seen in your houses: for whoever takes bread which is leavened will be cut off from the people of Israel, if he is from another country or if he is an Israelite by birth.

    20 Take nothing which has leaven in it; wherever you are living let your food be unleavened cakes.

  • 7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

  • Eph 5:6-7
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    6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

    7 Have no part with such men;

  • Eph 5:9-10
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    9 (Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

    10 Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;

  • 17 And their words will be like poisoned wounds in the flesh: such are Hymenaeus and Philetus;

  • 17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 19 My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

  • 9 But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.

  • 10 For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.

  • 15 For seven days let your food be unleavened bread; from the first day no leaven is to be seen in your houses: whoever takes bread with leaven in it, from the first till the seventh day, will be cut off from Israel.

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9 Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

    10 And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

  • 9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

  • 5 Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

  • 24 And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

  • 15 Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

  • 24 God, by whom you have been marked out in his purpose, is unchanging and will make it complete.

  • 1 Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

  • 16 Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

  • Heb 3:12-13
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    12 My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

    13 But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:

  • 13 As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

  • 26 Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.