Thematic Bible: Dissensions in
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For I dread that perhaps, when I come, I may not find you to be such as I wish, and that I may be found by you such as you do not wish; I dread lest there should be quarrels, jealousy, tempers, party spirit, slandering, gossip, arrogance, tumults; and lest when I come again my God may humble me before you, and lest I shall mourn for many those who have sinned before, and have not repented of the impurity and immorality and wantonness which they have practised.
For it has been plainly told me concerning you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are dissensions among you. I mean by this that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul"; another, "I of Apollos"; another, "I of Cephas"; another, "I of Christ." Has Christ been divided? Paul, was he crucified for you? or was it into the name of Paul that you were baptized?
You are not able even now, for you are still unspiritual. While there is among you jealousy and strife, are you not still unspiritual, and behaving like worldlings? When one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere worldlings?
To begin with, I am told??nd I believe there is some truth in it??hat when you meet at a church there are divisions among you. For there must needs be also parties among you, in order that the good may be tested and made known.