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

1 Corinthians 11:18

That there

General references

Mark 3:24

Bible References

It hath

For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that you divide into sets, and in a measure I believe it.

That there

for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level?

When one of you has a disagreement with his neighbor, does he dare to bring the matter before a heathen court, instead of laying it before his Christian brothers?

for I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. I am afraid that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, bad feeling, rivalry, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder,

But if you bite one another and eat one another, take care, or you will be destroyed by one another.

Do everything without any grumbling or disputing,

is a conceited, ignorant person, with a morbid craving for speculations and arguments which result only in envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,

Avoid foolish, crude speculations; you know they only lead to quarrels,

What causes wars and fights among you? Is it not your cravings, which are at war within your bodies?

General references

If a kingdom is disunited, that kingdom cannot last.