1 Corinthians 5:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 (A)Your boasting is not appropriate. Do you not know that a little yeast[a] leavens all the dough?
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- 5:6 A little yeast: yeast, which induces fermentation, is a natural symbol for a source of corruption that becomes all-pervasive. The expression is proverbial.
1 Corinthians 5:6
New International Version
6 Your boasting is not good.(A) Don’t you know that a little yeast(B) leavens the whole batch of dough?(C)
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