“Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?”
1 Corinthians 5:6 (NLT)
Paul rebukes the Corinthian church for pridefully ignoring sin. “You are so proud of yourselves,” he says, “but you should be mourning” (v. 2). Sin doesn’t stay isolated—it spreads like yeast through dough. Evil inflates us like balloons—impressive, but fragile. One small puncture, and everything collapses. God calls us to live like flatbread—humble, simple, sincere, and pure.
This chapter isn’t about avoiding unbelievers. It’s about confronting unrepentant sin within the Church. This isn’t cruelty—it’s care. Love requires truth. And truth requires a process. In Matthew 18:15–17, Jesus said to start privately, then with a witness, then bring it to the church. But before that, we pray, examine our hearts, and ask the Holy Spirit to lead us with humility.
The church is a hospital, not a hospice. In verse 5, Paul says this man’s removal was so he might be saved. Confronting sin isn’t rejection—it’s rescue. Don’t let it fester. Love enough to correct. Stay humble enough to be corrected.