“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”
A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough. — Paul's proverb employs the image of fermentation: 'zymē' (leaven, yeast) spreads ('chōraō' — pervades) throughout 'phyrama' (dough, the whole batch), suggesting that accepting even minimal law-observance (circumcision) contaminates the entire congregation's faith, a metaphor of doctrinal contagion.
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