1 Corinthians 5:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐκκαθάρατε οὖν τὴν παλαιὰν ζύμην, ἵνα ἦτε νέον φύραμα, καθώς ἐστε ἄζυμοι. Καὶ γὰρ τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐτύθη Χριστός:

Transliteration

Ekkatharate oun the palaian zymēn, so that you may be neon phyrama, just as you are azymoi. For indeed the pascha of us for us etythē Christos:

Grammar Details

• *Ekkatharate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - cleanse out/purge
• *oun*: conjunction - therefore/then
• *palaian*: accusative, feminine, singular - old
• *zymēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - leaven/yeast
• *neon*: nominative, neuter, singular - new/fresh
• *phyrama*: nominative, neuter, singular - lump/batch (of dough)
• *azymoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - unleavened/without yeast
• *pascha*: nominative, neuter, singular - Passover
• *etythē*: aorist passive, 3rd singular - was sacrificed
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ

Word Meanings

• *Ekkatharate*: cleanse out/purge/remove completely
• *palaian zymēn*: old leaven/former yeast
• *neon phyrama*: new lump/fresh batch of dough
• *azymoi*: unleavened/without yeast/pure
• *pascha*: Passover lamb/Passover sacrifice
• *etythē*: was sacrificed/slaughtered/offered

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Therefore, purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Purge out{G1571} the old{G3820} leaven,{G2219} that{G2443} ye may be{G5600} a new{G3501} lump,{G5445} even{G2532} as{G2531} ye are{G2075} unleavened.{G106} For{G1063} our{G2257} passover{G3957} also hath been sacrificed,{G2380} [even]{G2532} Christ:{G5547}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Purge out{G1571}{(G5657)} therefore{G3767} the old{G3820} leaven{G2219}, that{G2443} ye may be{G5600}{(G5753)} a new{G3501} lump{G5445}, as{G2531} ye are{G2075}{(G5748)} unleavened{G106}. For{G1063} even{G2532} Christ{G5547} our{G2257} passover{G3957} is sacrificed{G2380}{(G5681)} for{G5228} us{G2257}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Pourge therfore the olde leven that ye maye be newe dowe as ye are swete breed. For Christ oure esterlambe is offered vp for vs.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Pourge out therfore the olde leuen, that ye maye be new dowe, like as ye are swete bred. For we also haue an Easter lambe, which is Christ, that is offred for vs.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a newe lumpe, as ye are vnleauened: for Christ our Passeouer is sacrificed for vs.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Purge out therfore the olde leauen, that ye maye be newe dowe, as ye are vnleauened bread: For Christe our Pasouer is offred vp for vs.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, `even' Christ:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, [even] Christ:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough– you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:5-6 : 5 Your lamb must be an unblemished male, a year old; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats. 6 Keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight.
• Exod 12:15 : 15 For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day, remove leaven from your houses, for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day must be cut off from Israel.
• Exod 13:6-7 : 6 For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day, there shall be a festival to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.
• Mark 14:12 : 12 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover meal for you to eat?"
• John 19:14 : 14 It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Here is your king!"
• Acts 8:32-35 : 32 The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: 'Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.' 33 In his humiliation justice was taken away from him. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth. 34 The eunuch said to Philip, 'I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself or someone else?' 35 Then Philip began to speak, and starting from this Scripture, he preached to him the good news about Jesus.
• 1 Cor 10:17 : 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.
• 1 Pet 1:19-20 : 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
• Rev 5:6-9 : 6 Then I saw a Lamb, standing as though it had been slain, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 The Lamb came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one seated on the throne. 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them was holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation."
• Rev 5:12 : 12 In a loud voice they said: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing!"
• 1 Cor 15:3-4 : 3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
• Eph 4:22 : 22 You were taught to put off your former way of life, the old self, which is corrupted by deceitful desires,
• 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 God will judge those outside. 'Expel the wicked person from among you.'
• John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'
• John 1:36 : 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, 'Look, the Lamb of God!'
• Isa 53:7-9 : 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment, he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people, he was punished. 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. When you make his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
• Col 3:5-9 : 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. 7 You also once walked in these ways, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices,