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Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."
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Factions and Their Favorites
Commentators explain that the Corinthian church had fractured into cliques. These groups rallied around specific leaders: Paul (the church's founder), Apollos (a famously eloquent preacher), and Cephas (the Aramaic name for Peter, likely favored by Jewish Christians). The core issue was not the leaders themselves, who were united, but the divisive loyalty of their followers.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Now this I say. This is what I mean; or I give this as an instance of the contentions to which I refer.
That every one of you s…
Now this I mean (λεγω δε τουτο). Explanatory use of λεγω. Each has his party leader. Απολλω is genitive of Απολλως ([Reference Act…
19th Century
Anglican
I of Christ.—It has been suggested that this is not the designation of a fourth party in the Church, but an affirmation by the Ap…
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Baptist
Now this I say, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
The last were as bad …
Paul had received word about the divisions (which he here calls “quarrels”) in the Corinthian church from members of a certain Chloe’s house. Presu…
16th Century
Protestant
I say then, etc. Some think there is an instance of μίμησις, imitation, here, as if Paul were repeating their expressions. Now, a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now this I say that everyone of you says This the apostle affirms not upon his own personal knowledge, but upon the …
In the great things of religion, be of one mind; and where there is not unity of belief, still let there be union of affection. Agreement in the gr…
13th Century
Catholic
After the greeting, the Apostle begins to instruct them. First, he instructs them about matters concerning all of them generally, namely, the sacra…
