A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. [Paul felt that by this time those who read his letter would be saying that he was censuring the whole church for a course of conduct pursued only by a small minority, but he quotes one of the proverbs of the New Testament (1 Corinthians 5:6) to show that the effect of minorities, if tolerated, becomes a menace to majorities.]
GALATIANS 5:9 zumoi/ Several Western witnesses (D* itd vg goth Marcion Marius Victorinus Ambrosiaster _al_) replace zumoi/ with doloi/. The same Western correction occurs in...
Verse 9. _A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENETH THE WHOLE LUMP._] A proverbial expression, see 1 Corinthians 5:6, very aptly applied to those who receive the smallest tincture of false doctrine, relative to the...
A LITTLE LEAVEN ... - This is evidently a proverbial expression; see it explained in the notes at 1 Corinthians 5:6. Its meaning here is, that the embracing of the errors which they had adopted was to...
III. THE WALK OF THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER, AS NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Stand fast! Be not entangled! (Galatians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations and the law of love. (Galatians 5:7) 3....
Final emphatic statement of the dilemma, Christ or circumcision. Paul, speaking with all authority in spite of false inferences drawn from his circumcising Timothy (Galatians 5:11) and in spite of pro...
Look now it is I, Paul, who am speaking to you I tell you that if you get yourself circumcised Christ is no good to you. Again I give my word to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is under...
AN OLD STORY AND A NEW MEANING (Galatians 4:21-31 ; Galatians 5:1) 5:1 Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands writte...
A LITTLE, &c. This proverb is quoted 1 Corinthians 5:6. LUMP. Greek. _phurama_. See Romans 9:21....
Leaven is that small portion of fermented dough which is introduced into the fresh lump of dough, and communicates lightness to the whole mass. It is employed figuratively in Scripture to denote the w...
ΜΙΚΡᾺ ΖΎΜΗ Κ.Τ.Λ. Despise not the beginning of evil. I grieve not only for what is but for what will be (cf. Theodore, Chrys.). The proverb is general, but to the Jewish mind ζύμη would suggest at onc...
_Against continuing in retrogression; with sharp words against the leader and the false teachers generally_ (Galatians 5:7) You were running your race nobly; who hindered you, so that (to drop all met...
_Another, but sharper, appeal and warning. The observance of the Law is inconsistent with faith in Christ _...
ΖΎΜΗ (G2219) закваска, дрожжи (_см._ Matthew 13:33). ΦΎΡΑΜΑ (G5445) некая смесь, ком теста (BAGD). ΖΥΜΟΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΖΥΜΌΩ (G2220) подниматься, бродить (_см._...
A Word of Protest Galatians 5:7-12 TEXT 5:7-9 (7) Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) This persuasion came not of him that calleth you. (9) A little leaven...
_VERSE 9. A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENETH THE WHOLE LUMP._...
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. A LITTLE LEAVEN - the false teaching of the Judaizers. A little legalism, mixed with the Gospel, corrupts its purity. To add ordinances and works in the leas...
1 This paragraph is the summary and conclusion of the doctrinal argument. Tersely, he puts the case. Which shall it be _ Christ _ or _ circumcision_!' No half hearted allegiance here, no serving of tw...
THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY 1-12. The futility of seeking justification by attempting to comply with the demands of the Mosaic Law; the inconsistency of works and faith as methods of salvation. P...
A LITTLE LEAVEN] It would seem that only a few of the Galatian converts were affected by the false teaching; but their influence would soon prove farreaching and pernicious: cp. 1 Corinthians 15:33; L...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE V1 We have freedom because Christ has made us free. Be certain that you remain free. You must not allow yourselv...
Everyone knew how people made bread. A baker has a big bowl of flour. He adds a very small piece of yeast. He mixes in a lot of water. Then he leaves the mixture in a warm place before he bakes it. Ye...
(7-12) All was going well at first. What sudden intruder has stopped your path and led you astray? Certainly it is not God, to whom you owe your calling, that has persuaded you to such a course. You t...
A LITTLE LEAVEN... — A pregnant expression, which leaves a good deal to the reader to supply. The proverb is true which says that _a little leaven leavens the whole mass of dough._ And so, in your cas...
CHAPTER 21 THE HINDERERS AND TROUBLERS. Galatians 5:7 THE Apostle's controversy with the Legalists is all but concluded. He has pronounced on the question of circumcision. He has shown his readers,...
to Galatians 5:12. Freedom is our birthright in Christ and an essential condition of our call. Accordingly the Apostle protests against the claim that all Christians should be circumcised, as a depart...
Leaven became a type of moral and spiritual corruption in virtue of the fermentation it engenders. A very small lump might readily form a centre of widespread corruption; so stringent precautions were...
HOLD FAST YOUR FREEDOM Galatians 5:1 We are free. The Son has made us free, and we are free indeed, though not free to disobey the dictates and promptings of our new nature. We are set free from minu...
The whole law of liberty is stated in the sentences, "For freedom did Christ set us free," "stand fast therefore," and "be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." He then refers first to circumcis...
(8) A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. (8) He adds this, that he may not seem to contend upon a trifle, warning them diligently (by a metaphor which he borrows of leaven, as Christ himself als...
(6) For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (7) Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) This...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
9._A little leaven_. This refers, I think, to doctrine, not to men. It guards them against the mischievous consequences which arise from corruption of doctrine, and warns them not to consider it, as i...
It is in this liberty, the liberty of Christ, alluding to the free woman and Jerusalem above, that they were to stand fast, and not put themselves again under the yoke of the law. If they took that gr...
A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENETH THE WHOLE LUMP. A proverbial expression pretty much in use with the Jews; see 1 Corinthians 5:6, respecting either persons or things; and is in answer to, or prevents an obje...
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. Ver. 9. _A little leaven_] viz. Of false doctrine,Matthew 16:6. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 16:6 _"_...
_Ye did run well_ In the race of faith, love, and obedience; in true, genuine Christianity; believing its truths, experiencing its graces, enjoying its privileges, performing its duties. The exercises...
A LITTLE LEAVEN; error introduced by a few false teachers. LEAVENETH THE WHOLE LUMP; corrupts the whole body of the church. As error begun in a church tends to increase and to corrupt the whole, it s...
A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENS THE WHOLE LUMP....
Paul warns against the leaven of false doctrine:...
LIBERTY TO BE PRACTICED (vs.1-6) Chapter 4 dealt with the perfect freedom introduced by God Himself through Christ, freedom given to all who have been redeemed by His precious blood, freedom from the...
YOU RAN WELL. WHO HINDERED YOU FROM OBEYING THE TRUTH? Don't just run. Run well. Do your best. Hinder is not a "roadblock". It is a "detour". Hinder is not total collapse; just a "slowdown" obstacl...
7-12 The life of a Christian is a race, wherein he must run, and hold on, if he would obtain the prize. It is not enough that we profess Christianity, but we must run well, by living up to that profe...
This is a proverbial expression, which (as others of that nature) is applicable in more cases than one. The apostle made use of it, 1 CORINTHIANS 5:6, to persuade that church to purge their communion,...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II For the greater number of offenders there are, the greater is the mischief that is done by them: for sin which passes without correction grows worse and wor...
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‘A little leaven leavens the whole lump.' They must therefore beware. For a small amount of yeast will spread through and affect the whole lump of pastry. So also will a small amount of false teaching...
PAUL IS PUZZLED BY THEIR FAILURE AND ANGRY AT THOSE WHO HAVE LED THEM ASTRAY (GALATIANS 5:7). Paul now again expresses his deep puzzlement at their behaviour. He just cannot understand how they can b...
Galatians 5:9. A LITTLE LEAVEN LOAVENETH THE WHOLE LUMP. A proverbial expression for the all-pervading influence of a good or bad principle. Here used in a bad sense, as 1 Corinthians 5:6 and Mark 8:1...
_Exhortation to Steadfastness in Christian Freedom_, _and Warning against Legal Bondage._ Here begins the practical part of the Epistle, consisting of exhortations and warnings appropriate to the occ...
This proverb Paul has in 1 Corinthians 5:6. It is merely the pervasive power of leaven that is involved in the proverb as in Matthew 13:33, not the use of leaven as a symbol of evil....
Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage._ «You are not under the law, but under grace. Do not subje...
Galatians 5:1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ had made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Chris...
CONTENTS: Liberty of the believer in Christ, apart from the law. Conflict of flesh and the Spirit. Christian character the result of the Spirit's work not self-effort. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,_ by the redemption he has procured through the shedding of his own most precious blood. The liberty of your cele...
IT TAKES ONLY A LITTLE YEAST. "The errors of one teacher are enough to turn a whole church away from the truth!!!...
_A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump._ LEAVEN AS A SYMBOL OF EVIL I. Leaven corrupts: evil corrupts. II. Leaven infects: evil infects. III. Leaves is subtle and secret in its movements: So is...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:1 Those who turn to the law for salvation cut themselves off from salvation. ⇐ ⇔
CHAPTER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. S. Paul proceeds to urge the Galatians not to submit to the yoke of the Old Law, lest they be deprived of the fruits of Christ's righteousness, since in Him neit...
_A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump._ A little leaven communicates its bitterness to the whole mass of meal. This is a maxim describing the way that a vicious part spoils the whole, and of cours...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 5:9. A LITTLE LEAVEN.—Of false doctrine, a small amount of evil influence. Galatians 5:10. HE THAT TROUBLETH YOU.—The leaven traced to personal agency; whoe...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 5:1 GALATIANS 5:2 BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU (ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος λώγω ὑμῖν); _lo_,_ I Paul say unto you. _The adverbial exclamation ἴδε, found in St. Paul's writings on...
Shall we turn now to Galatians chapter five. The whole concept is: how do I establish a righteous standing before God? Can I be righteous by keeping the law? Or am I righteous by my simple faith in Je...
1 Corinthians 15:33; 1 Corinthians 5:6; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Timothy 2:17;...
A little leaven [μ ι κ ρ α ζ υ μ η]. A proverbial warning, which appears also 1 Corinthians 5:6. It refers, not to the doctrine of the false teachers, but to the false teachers themselves. Comp. Mark...
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Much is written about the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. The Epistles of Paul are freighted with many marvelous messages relative to the Sp...
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump — One troubler, Galatians 5:10, troubles all....