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Galatians 5:9

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Galatians 5:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Galatians 5:9

Theological / Devotional

Leaven. Or, “yeast.” See on Matt. 13:33; 1 Cor. 5:6; cf. 2 Tim. 2:17. From a seemingly small beginning the influence of the Judaizers had grown to amazing proportions. Where Paul quotes this proverb in his letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 5:6) it refers to the contagious example of a few members whose conduct Paul felt compelled to rebuke. If the movement in Galatia were to continue, in time the whole Christian church would return to the practice of the rites and ceremonies of Judaism.

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