11For 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.
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But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. …
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-13)Here the apostle enters on his subject. I. He extorts them to unity and brotherly love, and reproves them for their divisions. He had received an account from some that wished them well of some unhappy differences among them. It was neither ill-will to the church, nor to their ministers, that prompted them to give this account; but a kind and prudent concern to have these heats qualified by Paul’s…
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