Gal 5:9 | TNotes | STEP | 5:9 This verse was apparently a well-known adage (literally A little yeast makes the whole loaf rise; cp. Matt 13:33 ; 16:6 , 11-12 ; 1 Cor 5:6-7 ). A little reliance on the law for acceptance by God soon results in forgetting that Christ saves by his work alone.

bMatt 13:33►

e1 Cor 5:6-7►

‏ Galatians 5:9

5:9 ^a This verse was apparently a well-known adage (literally A little yeast makes the whole loaf rise; cp. Matt 13:33 ^b; 16:6 ^c, 11-12 ^d; 1 Cor 5:6-7 ^e). A little reliance on the law for acceptance by God soon results in forgetting that Christ saves by his work alone.