Contrast between the old and new – 1 Cor 5:8-9
Vs 8 – Paul contrast the old yeast and the new yeast. The old yeast is malice and wickedness. The new yeast is sincerity and truth. Paul tells his reader to celebrate the new not the old. The old has been put away and is no longer desirable. Paul says that old must pass away before anything can become new. We have to let go of the old before we can embrace the new.
Vs 9 – Paul then follows up a previous thing he had already written. Do not associate with sexually immoral people. Two things happen when you do. First, by your friendship or association you are approving of what they do. Secondly their influence can actually have a negative effect on you. You begin to think that sin is allright when it is not.
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