1 Corinthians 1:4-12

Thanksgiving

4 I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
5 For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—
6 God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you.
7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

A Church Divided Over Leaders

10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.
11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas[b] ”; still another, “I follow Christ.”

Cross References 18

  • 1. S Romans 1:8
  • 2. 2 Corinthians 9:11
  • 3. S 2 Corinthians 8:7
  • 4. 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Timothy 2:6; Revelation 1:2
  • 5. Romans 1:11; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31
  • 6. S Matthew 16:27; S Luke 17:30; Philippians 3:20; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; S 1 Thessalonians 2:19; Titus 2:13; James 5:7,8; 1 Peter 1:13; 2 Peter 3:12; S Revelation 1:7
  • 7. S 1 Thessalonians 3:13
  • 8. Amos 5:18; 1 Corinthians 5:5; Philippians 1:6,10; Philippians 2:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:2
  • 9. S Romans 8:28
  • 10. 1 John 1:3
  • 11. Deuteronomy 7:9; Isaiah 49:7; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Timothy 2:13; Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:11
  • 12. S Romans 7:1
  • 13. 1 Corinthians 11:18
  • 14. S Romans 15:5
  • 15. S Acts 11:14
  • 16. 1 Corinthians 3:4,22
  • 17. S Acts 18:24
  • 18. John 1:42; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 9:5

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. The Greek word for "brothers and sisters" ("adelphoi" ) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
  • [b]. That is, Peter
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