In 1 Corinthians 5, we find Paul's confrontation of the church at Corinth over its tolerance of blatant sexual immorality within its own membership. Rather than mourning over sin in their midst, the Corinthian church had grown arrogant, accepting conduct that even the surrounding pagan culture found unacceptable. Paul's rebuke was directed not merely at the individual committing the sin, but at the entire congregation for failing to exercise church discipline. There is a sobering parallel between the condition of the Corinthian church and the condition of much of the modern church, calling us to examine whether we have allowed the culture around us to shape our standards more than the Word of God has. Using the imagery of leaven from the Passover tradition, Paul urged the church to purge sin from its body so that it might have a clean testimony before a watching world and a right relationship with Jesus Christ.