11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are [a]contentions among you.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:11 quarrels

11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household(A) have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

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for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and [a]behaving like mere men?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:3 Lit. walking according to man

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(A) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?

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23 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. 24 And (A)a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, (B)able to teach, (C)patient, 25 (D)in humility correcting those who are in opposition, (E)if God perhaps will grant them repentance, (F)so that they may know the truth,

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23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.(A) 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.(B) 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,(C)

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he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

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they are conceited(A) and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words(B) that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions

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26 (A)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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26 Let us not become conceited,(A) provoking and envying each other.

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A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calls for blows.

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The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.(A)

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20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

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20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions

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15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

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15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

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20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that (A)I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;

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20 For I am afraid that when I come(A) I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be.(B) I fear that there may be discord,(C) jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,(D) slander,(E) gossip,(F) arrogance(G) and disorder.(H)

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10 By pride comes nothing but (A)strife,
But with the well-advised is wisdom.

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10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)

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14 Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master; and he [a]reviled them. 15 But the men were very good to us, and (A)we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything as long as we accompanied them, when we were in the fields. 16 They were (B)a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for (C)harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a (D)scoundrel[b] that one cannot speak to him.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:14 scolded or scorned at
  2. 1 Samuel 25:17 Lit. son of Belial

14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings,(A) but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat(B) us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.(C) 16 Night and day they were a wall(D) around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. 17 Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked(E) man that no one can talk to him.”

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This is the history of Jacob.

Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought (A)a bad report of them to his father.

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This is the account(A) of Jacob’s family line.

Joseph,(B) a young man of seventeen,(C) was tending the flocks(D) with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah(E) and the sons of Zilpah,(F) his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report(G) about them.

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42 And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau (A)comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you.

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42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau(A) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.(B)

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