10 Now (A)I urge you, (B)brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all [a]agree and that there be no [b](C)divisions among you, but that you be [c]made complete in (D)the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For I have been informed concerning you, my brothers and sisters, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you. 12 Now I mean this, that (E)each one of you is saying, “I am [d]with Paul,” [e]or “I am [f]with (F)Apollos,” [g]or “I am [h]with [i](G)Cephas,” [j]or “I am [k]with Christ.” 13 [l]Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you (H)baptized [m]in the name of Paul? 14 I am thankful that I (I)baptized none of you except (J)Crispus and (K)Gaius, 15 so that no one would say you were baptized [n]in my name! 16 But I did baptize the (L)household of Stephanas also; beyond that, I do not know if I baptized anyone else. 17 (M)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, (N)not with [o]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Lit say the same thing
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Lit schisms
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Or united
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit and
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of
  7. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit and
  8. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of
  9. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Peter’s Aramaic name
  10. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit and
  11. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of
  12. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Or Christ has been divided! or Christ is divided!
  13. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Lit into
  14. 1 Corinthians 1:15 Lit into
  15. 1 Corinthians 1:17 I.e., persuasive rhetoric

Divisions in the Church

10 Brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,[a] I urge all of you to be in agreement[b] and not to have divisions among you, so that you may be perfectly united in your understanding and opinions. 11 My brothers, some members of Chloe’s family have made it clear to me that there are quarrels among you. 12 This is what I mean: Each of you is saying, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,”[c] or “I belong to the Messiah.”[d]

13 Is the Messiah[e] divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? You weren’t baptized in Paul’s name, were you? 14 I thank God[f] that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (Oh yes, I also baptized the family of Stephanas. Beyond that, I’m not sure whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 For the Messiah[g] did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, so the cross of the Messiah[h] won’t be emptied of its power.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Or Christ
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Lit. to say the same thing
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:12 I.e. Peter
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Or Christ
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Or Christ
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:14 Other mss. read I thank my God; still other mss. read I am thankful
  7. 1 Corinthians 1:17 Or Christ
  8. 1 Corinthians 1:17 Or Christ