1 Corinthians 5:6

1 Corinthians 5:6 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

6Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]?

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

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American Standard Version (ASV)

6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

6Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe?

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

6Your bragging is not good. It is like yeast. Don’t you know that just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise?

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

6You should not be so proud of yourselves. Think about what yeast does in bread. A very small bit of yeast changes the whole loaf of bread.

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

6Your glorying [is] not good; have you not known that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

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