translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: 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 .


text: An allusion to Deut 17:7; 19:19; 22:21, 24; 24:7 ; cf. 1 Cor 5:2 .