teaching · New Testament

Christ our Passover

1 Corinthians 5

Paul states it plainly: 'Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.'

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Sacrifice

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grows out of · named outright

Paul makes the identification explicit rather than suggestive: Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed, therefore keep the feast.

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points forward to · keep the feast

Paul's Passover line leads straight into instruction about the church's own meal, which he received and passed on.