Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not
that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
BSB
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
WEB
Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
YLT
Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
F.O.G Original
(6) Your reason for boasting isn’t good! Don’t you know that a little leaven, leavens the whole batch of dough?
F.O.G
(6) Your reason for boasting isn’t good! Don’t you know that a little leaven, leavens the whole batch of dough?
F.O.G MSG
⁶Your boasting is completely inappropriate. Don’t you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?ᵈ
Footnotes:
⁶ᵈ Yeast metaphor: Paul uses the familiar image of how a small amount of yeast affects an entire batch of bread dough to illustrate how sin spreads through a community.