1 Corinthians 1:5

1:5 For you were made rich 1  in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge 2  –

1 Corinthians 2:5

2:5 so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

1 Corinthians 5:6

5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast 3  affects 4  the whole batch of dough?

1 Corinthians 6:5

6:5 I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians? 5 

1 Corinthians 8:12

8:12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters 6  in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:14

15:14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.

1 sn Made rich refers to how God richly blessed the Corinthians with an abundance of spiritual gifts (cf. v. 7).

2 sn Speech and knowledge refer to the spiritual gifts God had blessed them with (as v. 7 confirms). Paul will discuss certain abuses of their gifts in chapters 12-14, but he thanks God for their giftedness.

3 sn In this passage (5:6-8) yeast represents the presence of evil within the church, specifically the immoral person described in 5:1-5 and mentioned again in 5:13.

4 tn Grk “a little yeast leavens.”

5 tn Grk “to decide between his brother (and his opponent),” but see the note on the word “Christian” in 5:11.

6 tn See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.