5:8a Therefore let us keep the feast,
So let us (incl.) keep/celebrate the Passover Festival/Feast
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Since that is true, we (incl.) should celebrate the new life that Christ has given us.
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So we (incl.) should live our new lives
5:8b not with the old bread,
and not make use of old yeast, ⌊that is, old ways of behaving⌋.
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We (incl.) should not use that ⌊bad⌋ old yeast,
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without any of our (incl.) old/former way of living/behaving.
5:8c leavened with malice and wickedness,
We (incl.) should stop acting in hateful, evil ways.
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that is, ⌊our (incl.) former⌋ wicked ways of living.
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We (incl.) should stop doing the evil and wicked things we used to do.
5:8d but with the unleavened bread
We (incl.) should make use only of bread without yeast,
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Instead, we (incl.) should act/behave only in ways that are clean/pure.
5:8e of sincerity and of truth.
acting/behaving sincerely and truthfully.
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We (incl.) should always be honest and speak the truth.
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