1 Corinzi 3:4

4 Perciocchè, quando l’uno dice: Quant’è a me, io son di Paolo; e l’altro: Ed io d’Apollo; non siete voi carnali?

1 Corinzi 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:4

For while one saith, I am of Paul
This shows what their envying and strife, and divisions were about, and from whence they sprung; and which serve, to strengthen the proof, and support the charge of carnality brought against them; for when one sort made a party for Paul, and set up him as their minister above all others; and said

another, I am of Apollos,
preferring him for his eloquence above Paul, or any other preacher, as appears from ( 1 Corinthians 1:12 ) there was a third sort for Cephas, whom they cried up as superior to the other two, or any other man; and a fourth were for Christ, and despised all ministers whatever:

are ye not carnal?
all this was a demonstration of it: they could never clear themselves from it, they must be convicted in their own consciences of it; to which the apostle appeals: the Alexandrian copy and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "are ye not men?"

1 Corinzi 3:4 In-Context

2 Io vi ho dato a bere del latte, e non vi ho dato del cibo, perciocchè voi non potevate ancora portarlo; anzi neppure ora potete, perchè siete carnali.

3 Imperocchè, poichè fra voi vi è invidia, e contenzione, e divisioni, non siete voi carnali, e non camminate voi secondo l’uomo?

4 Perciocchè, quando l’uno dice: Quant’è a me, io son di Paolo; e l’altro: Ed io d’Apollo; non siete voi carnali?

5 Chi è adunque Paolo? e chi è Apollo? se non ministri, per i quali voi avete creduto, e ciò secondo che il Signore ha dato a ciascuno?

6 Io ho piantato, Apollo ha adacquato, ma Iddio ha fatto crescere.