1 Corinthians 5:8

“Therefore let us keep the feast, etc.] Not the feast of the passover, which was now ceased, though this is said in allusion to it; when the master of the house used to say f59, “everyone that is hungry, let him come and eat; he that hath need, let him come jspyw, “and paschatize”, or keep the feast of the passover:” but rather the feast of the Lord’s supper is here meant, that feast of fat things Isaiah prophesied of; in which are the richest entertainments, even the flesh and blood of Christ; though it seems best to understand it of the whole course of a Christian’s life, spent in the exercise of spiritual joy and faith in Christ; he that is of a merry heart, as the believer of all men in…”

“not . . . old leaven--of our unconverted state as Jews or heathen. malice--the opposite of "sincerity," which allows no leaven of evil to be mixed up with good (Mat 16:6). wickedness--the opposite of "truth," which allows not evil to be mistaken for good. The Greek for "malice" means the evil habit of mind; "wickedness," the outcoming of the same in word and deed. The Greek for "sincerity" expresses literally, a thing which, when examined by the sun's light, is found pure and unadulterated.”

“Let us keep the feast - Margin, “Holy day” ἑορτάζωμεν heortazōmen. This is language drawn from the paschal feast, and is used by Paul frequently to carry out and apply his illustration. It does not mean literally the paschal supper here - for that had ceased to be observed by Christians - nor the Lord’s Supper particularly; but the sense is “As the Jews when they celebrated the paschal supper, on the slaying and sacrifice of the paschal lamb, put away all leaven - as emblematic of sin - so let us, in the slaying of our sacrifice, and in all the duties, institutions and events consequent thereon, put away all wickedness from our hearts as individuals, and from our societies and churches.…”

“Therefore let us keep the feast - Let us feed on him by faith. Here is a plain allusion to the Lord's supper, which was instituted in the room of the passover. Not with the old leaven - Of heathenism or Judaism. Malignity is stubbornness in evil. Sincerity and truth seem to be put here for the whole of true, inward religion. 1 Corinthians 5:9”

“let: Exo 12:15, Exo 13:6; Lev 23:6; Num 28:16, Num 28:17; Deu 16:16; Isa 25:6 feast: or, holy day, Psa 42:4; Isa 30:29 not: Co1 5:1, Co1 5:6, Co1 6:9-11; Deu 16:3; Co2 12:21; Eph 4:17-22; Pe1 4:2 neither: Co1 3:3; Mat 16:6, Mat 16:12, Mat 26:4, Mat 26:5; Mar 8:15; Luk 12:1; Joh 18:28-30; Co2 12:20; Pe1 2:1, Pe1 2:2 but: Jos 24:14; Psa 32:2; Joh 1:47; Co2 1:12, Co2 8:8; Eph 6:24; Jo1 3:18-21 1 Corinthians 5:9”