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  • Galatians 5:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 9 A little leaven ferments the whole batch of dough.+

  • Galatians 5:9
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 9 μικρὰ Little ζύμη leaven ὅλον whole τὸ the φύραμα lump ζυμοῖ. is leavening.

  • Galatians 5:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 9 A little leaven ferments the whole lump.+

  • Galatians 5:9
    The Bible in Living English
    • 9 A little piece of yeast makes all the dough yeasty.

  • Galatians 5:9
    American Standard Version
    • 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

  • Galatians 5:9
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

  • Galatians 5:9
    King James Version
    • 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

  • Galatians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 5:9 it-1 363; w92 3/15 20

  • Galatians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:9 w80 6/15 17; w73 338; w72 263; w63 411; w52 74

  • Galatians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:9

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 363

      The Watchtower,

      3/15/1992, p. 20

      6/15/1980, p. 17

      6/1/1973, p. 338

      5/1/1972, pp. 262-263

      7/1/1963, pp. 410-412

      2/1/1952, pp. 73-75

  • Galatians Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:9

      leaven: Or “yeast.”​—See Glossary and study note on 1Co 5:6.

      ferments: Or “spreads through; affects.” The Greek verb used here, zy·moʹo (to leaven), is related to the noun for “leaven,” zyʹme, also used in this verse. Paul uses the same phrase (“A little leaven ferments the whole batch of dough”), apparently a proverbial saying, at 1Co 5:6. Paul’s point is that just as a little leaven ferments a whole batch of dough, so false teachers (in this case advocates of circumcision) and their teachings can corrupt an entire congregation.

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