1 Corinthians 1:11

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Summary

For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

It hath

That there

General references

Mark 3:24

Bible References

It hath

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that

divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.

Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

These are the records of the generations of Jacob.Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to

greet our master, and he scorned them.

That there

for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking

like mere men?

Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

Through insolence comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.

A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth calls for blows.

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

Do all things without grumbling or disputing;

he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,

But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels.

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

General references

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.