Passage · New Testament

1 Corinthians 5:7

1Cor.5.7

Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

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Connections that cite this passage

1 Corinthians 5:7 alludes to Exodus 12:1-13
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Paul calls Christ our Passover lamb who has been sacrificed and tells the church to keep the feast, drawing directly on the Passover regulations.
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