12Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
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And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. …
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; …
And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? …
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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