1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 5:6

⁶Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your	ὑμῶν	hymōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
boasting	καύχημα	kauchēma	Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular	G2745 a boasting
not	Οὐ	Ou	Adverb	G3756 no, not
good	καλὸν	kalon	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G2570 beautiful, good, worthy
Do you not know	οἴδατε	oidate	Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G1492 I know, remember
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
a little	μικρὰ	mikra	Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular	G3398 little, small
leaven	ζύμη	zymē	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G2219 leaven, ferment
works through	ζυμοῖ	zymoi	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2220 I leaven, ferment
the	τὸ	to	Article - Nominative Neuter Singular	G3588 the
whole	ὅλον	holon	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular	G3650 all, the whole, entire
batch	φύραμα	phyrama	Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G5445 a mass or lump

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