“Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:”
Get rid of the old yeast, that you may be a new batch without yeast — just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed — the command 'get rid of the old yeast' (ekkatharthē) echoes the Passover requirement (Exodus 12-13). The church must purge itself of sin-yeast. The grounds: Christ is 'our Passover lamb' (Pascha hēmōn). Just as Passover celebrated liberation, Christians celebrate liberation through Christ's sacrifice. Living as 'unleavened' (azymoi, sinless) reflects that cosmic redemption.
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