Question

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GET RID OF THE OLD YEAST

(Our Passover Lamb Sacrificed)

1 Corinthians 5:1–13

Key Verse: 5:7 

1. Read verses 1-5. What disturbing report about the Corinthian Christians did Paul receive? How had Paul immediately taken action? (3-4) What did he command them to do (see also verses 2b,11b,13), and why did they need to deal with this publicly? (4,5)

2. Read v. 6. How did their pride lead them to be negligent about this man’s sin? (6) How serious is one person’s sin within the Christian fellowship? (6) Think about the importance of influence. 

3. Read v. 7–8. What were they to do, and for what purpose? To what does “the old yeast” refer? (Ex12:15; verse 8) How could they become “the new batch without yeast”? (7b) How did Christ’s sacrifice change them? (8) 

4. Read v. 9-13. How had they misunderstood Paul’s instructions? (9–10) What did he really mean? (11) How should a Christian deal with immoral people outside the church and inside the church? (11–13)

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