1 Corinthians 1:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 Church, there are divisions among you. This is what I am told, and I believe that there is some truth in it.

That there

you are still unspiritual. For so long as jealousy and strife continue among you, can it be denied that you are unspiritual and are living and acting like mere men of the world?

If one of you has a grievance against an opponent, does he dare to go to law before irreligious men and not before God's people?

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may not find you to be what I desire, and that you may find me to be what you do not desire; that perhaps there may be contention, jealousy, bitter feeling, party spirit, ill-natured talk, backbiting, undue eulogy, unrest;

But if you are perpetually snarling and snapping at one another, beware lest you are destroyed by one another.

Be ever on your guard against a grudging and contentious spirit,

he is puffed up with pride and has no true knowledge, but is crazy over discussions and controversies about words which give rise to envy, quarrelling, revilings, ill-natured suspicions,

But avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, knowing--as you do--that these lead to quarrels;

What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures?

General references

For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;