1 Corinthians 5:7

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:

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:5-6 : 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
• Exod 12:15 : 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
• Exod 13:6-7 : 6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
• Mark 14:12 : 12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
• John 19:14 : 14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
• Acts 8:32-35 : 32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: 33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. 34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
• 1 Cor 10:17 : 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
• 1 Pet 1:19-20 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• Rev 5:6-9 : 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
• Rev 5:12 : 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
• 1 Cor 15:3-4 : 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
• Eph 4:22 : 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
• 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
• John 1:29 : 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• John 1:36 : 36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
• Isa 53:7-9 : 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
• Col 3:5-9 : 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;