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1 Corinthians 5 for Families: Truth, Holiness & Restoration

Explore 1 Corinthians 5 KJV with Ariel and Mr. Fluffernutter in a careful family Bible adventure about holiness, church accountability, the leaven picture, Christ our passover, restoration, and age-appropriate Christian application.

Ariel + Mr. Fluffernutter · KJV Bible Adventure

Truth, Holiness & Restoration

Explore 1 Corinthians 5 carefully—its Corinthian church context, Paul’s leaven picture, Christ our passover, and what children can safely learn about sincerity and truth.

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Teach · Chapter 1

What Was Happening in Corinth?

Ariel studies an open Bible with Mr. Fluffernutter beside bread and wheat, with an ancient Mediterranean harbor city in the distance.
Ariel and Mr. Fluffernutter begin the 1 Corinthians 5 adventure with Scripture, bread, and the world of ancient Corinth.

Hi, friends—Ariel here. This chapter felt serious the first time I read it, and that is okay. Some Bible passages are joyful celebrations; others show us what to do when something has gone badly wrong.

Paul was writing to a local church. A member was openly involved in grave sin, and the church was responding with pride instead of mourning and dealing with it faithfully. Paul called the church to take holiness seriously.

“Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?”

1 Corinthians 5:6 KJV
Parent note: The chapter concerns serious sexual sin in the Corinthian church. This adventure does not describe the adult situation in detail. Older children can read the complete KJV chapter with a parent.
An early Christian house gathering listens to a scroll reading while bustling first-century city and harbor life continues outside.
Paul wrote to a real church living inside a busy, complicated Roman-era city.
Model · Chapter 2

A Little Leaven, a Big Lesson

Ariel compares two bowls of dough while Mr. Fluffernutter watches a small amount of leaven affect the mixture.
A little leaven works through the dough - the ordinary baking picture Paul uses for influence.

Leaven works through dough. Paul uses that familiar picture to warn that tolerated sin can influence a community. His point here is not that literal yeast is evil. It is an illustration.

“Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.”

1 Corinthians 5:7a KJV
Observation
A little leaven affects the whole lump.
Context
Paul addresses the gathered church and a serious case it tolerated.
Warning
Ignoring serious, unrepentant sin is not the same as Christian love.
Gospel center · Chapter 3

Paul Points to Christ

Jesus sits beside unleavened bread and a simple cup in a reverent Passover setting at sunset.
Paul centers the chapter on Christ: “For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.”

The chapter is not merely a lesson about rules. Right in the middle of the leaven picture, Paul points the church to Jesus.

“For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:”

1 Corinthians 5:7b KJV

“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

1 Corinthians 5:8 KJV

Notice Paul’s contrast: malice and wickedness versus sincerity and truth. Christian holiness is not pretending to be perfect. It means taking sin seriously while belonging to Christ and walking in truth.

Read carefully · Chapter 4

Inside the Church Is Not the Same as Outside

An early Christian gathering meets inside a Corinthian courtyard while ordinary city and harbor life continues beyond the doorway.
The church’s responsibility within its gathered community is not the same as judging everyone outside it.

Paul explicitly distinguishes accountability within the professing church from judging everybody in the world.

“For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?”

1 Corinthians 5:12 KJV

“But them that are without God judgeth.”

1 Corinthians 5:13a KJV
Fantasticamos truth check: This passage does not assign children the job of investigating or disciplining church members. Children can learn truthfulness, repentance, wise boundaries, forgiveness, and seeking help from trustworthy adults.
Guided practice · Chapter 5

The Sincerity & Truth Mission

Ariel writes beside an open Bible and Mr. Fluffernutter as warm morning light leads toward a peaceful outdoor path.
The mission turns inward: sincerity, truth, repentance, and the courage to move forward faithfully.

Instead of practicing how to “call people out,” practice the part of the passage every learner can safely apply to his or her own heart.

1 · Read
Read 1 Corinthians 5:6–8 KJV aloud.
2 · Spot
Find leaven, Christ, malice, wickedness, sincerity, truth.
3 · Compare
Make two columns: “old leaven” and “sincerity & truth.”
4 · Reflect
Where do I need to be more truthful with God, my parents, or myself?
Little learner version

With a parent, draw two loaves. On one write “truth”; on the other write “pretending.” Talk about why telling the truth helps people make things right.

Older learner extension

Read all of 1 Corinthians 5 KJV. List every clue showing whom Paul is addressing and how verses 9–13 limit the scope of his command.

Independent mission · Chapter 6

Quick Check

Try each question before opening the answer.

1. Who was Paul’s instruction directed toward?

Answer: The church at Corinth, dealing with serious open sin among those identified with the church.

2. What picture does Paul use in verse 6?

Answer: A little leaven leavening the whole lump.

3. Who is “our passover”?

Answer: Christ (1 Corinthians 5:7 KJV).

4. What two qualities end verse 8?

Answer: “sincerity and truth.”

5. Does Paul tell Christians to judge everybody outside the church?

Answer: No. Verse 13 says, “them that are without God judgeth.”

6. Should a child carry out church discipline?

Answer: No. Children can practice honesty, repentance, wise boundaries, prayer, and asking trustworthy adults for help.

Resources · Chapter 7

Fantasticamos Family Resource Dock

The restored adventure now has purpose-built KJV resources. The original B4A printable and coloring page remain preserved underneath as legacy material rather than being deleted.

Fantasticamos Printable Adventure Library Pick the resource that fits your learner. Every preview below comes from the actual packaged PDF.
Fantasticamos preview card showing the actual cover of the 1 Corinthians 5 Family Study Adventure.

Family Study Adventure

KJV context, leaven, Christ our Passover, within/without, guided practice, family discussion, prayer, and mastery.

Open PDF 8 pages · Ages 8+ · Version 2.0
Fantasticamos preview card showing the actual cover of the Sincerity and Truth Mission Pack.

Sincerity & Truth Mission Pack

Scripture detective work, sorting, kid-safe scenarios, argument building, journaling, and a final mastery mission.

Open PDF 8 pages · Ages 8–12 · Version 2.1
Fantasticamos preview card showing the actual cover of The Leaven Lab.

The Leaven Lab

A Bible + STEM mini-adventure with prediction, a fair-test setup, observation space, and an evidence-to-meaning connection.

Open PDF 4 pages · Ages 8–12 · Version 1.0
Fantasticamos preview card showing the actual cover of the Little Learner Truth Adventure.

Little Learner Truth Adventure

A gentler draw-and-talk companion about telling the truth, making things right, and asking a trusted grown-up for help.

Open PDF 4 pages · Ages 5–7 · Version 1.1
Fantasticamos preview card showing the actual cover of the 1 Corinthians 5 Coloring and Reflection Book.

Coloring & Reflection Book

A full-color Fantasticamos cover plus seven purpose-built black-line KJV coloring and reflection missions.

Open PDF 8 pages · Color + reflect · Version 1.1
Legacy resources

Original Family Study PDFOriginal Coloring Page

Where legacy wording or translation differs, use the restored KJV lesson as the current B4A standard.

Teach It in Seven Moves

  1. Establish the Corinthian church context.
  2. Read 1 Corinthians 5:6–8 and 12–13 KJV.
  3. Explain the leaven picture.
  4. Center “Christ our passover.”
  5. Complete the Sincerity & Truth Mission.
  6. Finish the mastery check.
  7. Older learners read the complete chapter with a parent.

Vocabulary: accountability, church discipline, leaven, holiness, sincerity, truth, passover.

Ending · Chapter 8

Ariel’s Closing Notebook

I started this chapter thinking “tough love” was the whole lesson. I think the better picture is bigger: Christ, holiness, sincerity, truth, and a church that refuses to pretend serious sin does not matter.

And for us kids? We do not need a judge’s gavel. We need open Bibles, truthful hearts, wise grown-ups, and the courage to make things right when we are the ones who have done wrong.

Love,
Ariel & Mr. Fluffernutter

Art status: the six production illustration slots remain intentionally isolated until artwork passes B4A likeness, composition, text-free, crop, and factual QA.
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