Divisions in the Church

Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you but that you be knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.

For it has been made clear to me by Chloe’s people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters.

Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the testimony of God to you with superior speech or wisdom.

On Divisions in the Corinthian Church

And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people but rather as fleshly, as infants in Christ.

I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us what “Not beyond what is written” means, so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another.

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one person wise enough to decide between brothers and sisters?

Instead, brothers and sisters go to court against one another, and this before the unbelievers.

But you yourselves wrong and defraud—and brothers and sisters at that.

In whatever condition you were called, brothers and sisters, there remain with God.

I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,

But when you thus sin against brothers and sisters and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

Warnings from Israel’s History

I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Spiritual Gifts

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant.

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you in some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; rather, be infants in evil, but in thinking be adults.

Orderly Worship

What should be done then, my brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

So, my brothers and sisters, strive to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues,

The Resurrection of Christ

Now I want you to understand, brothers and sisters, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand,

Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

I die every day! That is as certain, brothers and sisters, as my boasting of you—a boast that I make in Christ Jesus our Lord.

What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.