1 Corinthians 5:2

5:2 And you are proud! ¹  Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this ²  from among you?

1 Corinthians 5:6

5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast ³  affects ⁴  the whole batch of dough?

[5:2]  ¹ tn Or “are puffed up/arrogant,” the same verb occurring in 4:6, 18.

[5:2]  ² tn Grk “sorrowful, so that the one who did this might be removed.”

[5:6]  ³ sn In this passage (5:6-8) yeast represents the presence of evil within the church, specifically the immoral person described in 5:1-5 and mentioned again in 5:13.

[5:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “a little yeast leavens.”