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Your boasting is not good
"Your boasting is bad"
Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole loaf?
Paul uses this proverb to mean that a small part of something affects the whole thing. In this case, one person who is sinning can harm the entire Christian community. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-proverbs)
Do you not know that a little yeast ... loaf?
Here Paul uses a rhetorical question to teach his audience. Alternate translation: "You know that a little yeast ... loaf." or "A little yeast ... loaf." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)