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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:

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Faites disparaître le vieux levain, afin que vous soyez une pâte nouvelle, puisque vous êtes sans levain, car Christ, notre Pâque, a été immolé.

KJV

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:

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    ς πυνθάνομαι, ὥστε τοὺς προσιόντας ἀπὸ αἱρέσεων 1 Cor. 6, 11 εἶτα ἀπολούεσθαι καὶ ἀνακαθαίρεσθαι τὸν 1 Cor. 5, 7 παλαιᾶς καὶ ἀκαθάρτου ζύμης ῥύπον. καὶ περὶ τούτων αὐτοῦ πάντων δεόμενος ἐπέστειλα. Καὶ μεθ’ ἕτερά φηαιν· “καὶ τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς δὲ ἡμῶν καὶ συμπρεσβυτέροις Διονυσίῳ καὶ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    craments of the New Law. Now the Paschal lamb signified the sacrament of the Eucharist, according to 1 Cor. 5:7 : "Christ our Pasch is sacrificed." Therefore there should also have been some sacraments of the Old Law to foreshadow the other sacraments of the New Law, such as Conf…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    is evident, because the sacrifice of the paschal lamb signified the sacrifice of Christ according to 1 Cor. 5:7 : "Christ our pasch is sacrificed." The blood of the lamb, which ensured deliverance from the destroyer, by being sprinkled on the transoms, signified faith in Christ's…

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