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The message about Christ has become firmly established there among you [i.e., by such gifts],

Verse ConceptsSure KnowledgeSubsequent Witness To Christ

For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by some of Chloe's family, that there is quarreling [going on] among you.

Verse ConceptsArguingTelling Of People's Situations

However, we speak [divine] wisdom among people who are [spiritually] mature, yet it is not a wisdom of this current age, nor of [its] current rulers, who are coming to nothing.

Verse ConceptsMaturity, SpiritualMiddle AgePhilosophyStrength, HumanThoughtPerfectionPeople Passing AwayThe Present AgeWorldly WisdomNature Of KingsGod Gives WisdomPassing AwayMaturity

No one should fool himself. If any person among you thinks he is smart, by human standards, he should become a "fool," so that he can become [really] wise.

Verse ConceptsAcademicsPride, Examples OfThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanFalse WisdomFoolish PeopleDeceiving OneselfBe Wise!FoolsDeceptionwise

I am saying this to make you ashamed. Can there not be found one wise person [there] among you who is able to decide [on a matter] between his [Christian] brothers?

Verse ConceptsBelieversShameWisdom, Human ImportanceBelievers JudgingWise Men In The Church

Indeed, the fact that you have lawsuits with one another is [evidence of] a complete failure among you. Why should you not rather take the wrong? Why should you not rather accept being cheated?

Verse ConceptsdefeatRevenge, And RetaliationTypes Of ChristRobbing PeopleWronging Other PeopleInjusticeMoralityMoral Decay

For first of all, I have been informed [Note: This was probably by Chloe's family. See 1:11] that divisions exist among you people when you assemble as a congregation. And I am inclined to believe it [is true].

Verse ConceptsAttending ChurchAssemblyDivision Among ChristiansSchismsWeakness In DivisionDivisions Of OpinionTrusting Other PeopleEach Local ChurchMental Abusedivision

For it is to be expected [i.e., it is inevitable] that there would be dissensions among you, so that those who are approved [by God] can become known among you.

Verse ConceptsDivisions Of OpinionPeople Commended By GodDisunityConflictBeing DifferentBeing Uniquedivisionrecognitiongossipingorder

Because of this [i.e., their improper partaking of the Supper], many people among you are weak and ill, and a number have fallen asleep [i.e., died]. [Note: While most commentators view this judgment as physical, there is a distinct possibility that it refers to spiritual sickness and death].

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalSinners Grasped By DeathWhy It HappenedDyingWeaknessIllnesscommunion

The secrets of his heart will be revealed so that he will fall [to the ground] on his face and worship God, declaring that God is truly among you.

Verse ConceptsFaultsGod, Present EverywhereHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSin Made KnownGod Is Among YouWorshipping God

Now if it is preached that Christ was raised from the dead, how can some people among you say that people will not be raised from the dead?

Verse ConceptsResurrection, Of The DeadPreaching ChristAre The Dead Raised?Christ Would Rise