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1 Corinthians 5:6b-8

Expel the Immoral Brother!

April 5, 2026

The Last Supper, Bernard van Orley
The Last Supper, Bernard van Orley, c. 1525–28The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Brussels painter working in the Italianate manner, with the supper set in a classical hall and Judas isolated at the near side of the table.Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch, as you really are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.Bernard van OrleyA Brussels painter and tapestry designer who worked for the Habsburg regents and absorbed Raphael without going to Italy.The Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe largest art museum in the Americas, founded in 1870 by a group of New Yorkers who wanted one and had no collection to start from.The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 24:13-49Lk 24:13-49
Epistle1 Cor. 5:6b-81 Cor 5:6b-8
Old TestamentIsa. 25:6-9Is 25:6-9
PsalterPs. 114Ps 114

Overview & Insights

“For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival.” (1 Corinthians 5:7-8)

A major shift occurs here. The theological discussion of the first four chapters dealing with the church’s cliquish behavior, pride, and attachment to secular culture now moves to a head-on confrontation of specific community issues. The connection between chapters 1–4 and chapters 5 and 6 must not be missed, though. Because the community of the Corinthian Christians looks nothing like a true Christlike community, their vision has become so blurred that they cannot evaluate and judge even the most obvious and explicit moral issues from a “Christ perspective.” When a church looks and functions as described in the first four chapters, it invariably leads to the behavior of the next two chapters. First Corinthians 5:1–13 opens this section with the most unconscionable issue imaginable.

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Commentary

1 Corinthians 5 - Purge Out the Old Leaven1 Cor 5 - Purge Out the Old Leaven Enduring Word · David Guzik

Guzik on cleansing out the old leaven and keeping the feast with sincerity.

1 Corinthians 5:6 Commentaries1 Cor 5:6 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentary on the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

1 Corinthians 5 Commentary1 Cor 5 Commentary Precept Austin

Study notes on Christ our Passover and the paschal imagery of the passage.

Background & Word Study

First Corinthians (Background) Enter the Bible

Introduction to Corinth and Paul's pastoral corrections.

Overview: 1 CorinthiansOverview: 1 Cor BibleProject

Animated overview of the letter's argument and imagery.

Sacrifice and Atonement BibleProject

Theme video illuminating Christ as the Passover lamb sacrificed for us.

1 Corinthians 5:6 Greek Interlinear1 Cor 5:6 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Word-by-word Greek of the leaven-and-Passover metaphor.

1 Corinthians (Introduction)1 Cor (Introduction) Theology of Work

Faith-and-work reading of the Corinthian correspondence.

The Church Fathers

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 5Church Fathers on 1 Cor 5 Catena

Patristic exposition of Christ our Passover, let us keep the feast.

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