1Corinthians 5:7 “Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new unleavened batch, as indeed you are.”
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vv. 1-2: Report of a man sleeping with his father’s wife; church arrogance condemned.
vv. 3-5: Paul orders# instructs expulsion of the man to Satan for salvation.
vv. 6-8: Sin spreads like leaven; remove it for purity at Passover (Christ’s sacrifice).
vv. 9-13: Avoid immoral “believers,” not all outsiders; God judges the latter.
1 Corinthians 5 demands church discipline to remove sin and maintain holiness.
