1 Corinthians 3:4

4 For while one saith, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are ye not carnal?

1 Corinthians 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 Corinthians 3:4 In-Context

2 I have fed you with milk and not with meat; for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able,

3 for ye are yet carnal. For if there is among you envying and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men?

4 For while one saith, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are ye not carnal?

5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye came to believe, even as the Lord gave to every man?

6 I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.