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Read 1 Corinthians 1:10-18


Read 1 Corinthians 1:10-18

10 By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my brothers and sisters, to agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be completely united, with only one thought and one purpose. 11For some people from Chloe’s family have told me quite plainly, my friends, that there are quarrels among you. 12Let me put it this way: each one of you says something different. One says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Peter”; and another, “I follow Christ”. 13Christ has been divideda into groups! Was it Paul who died on the cross for you? Were you baptized as Paul’s disciples?
14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius. 15No one can say, then, that you were baptized as my disciples. 16(Oh yes, I also baptized Stephanas and his family; but I can’t remember whether I baptized anyone else.) 17Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good News, and to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to make sure that Christ’s death on the cross is not robbed of its power.
18 For the message about Christ’s death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God’s power.

Think

“For the message about Christ’s death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God’s power.”

Paul is writing to a church torn apart by arguments about theological matters.  He points out that the centre of our faith is the foolishness of the cross; no earthly wisdom can triumph the mystery of Jesus Christ crucified to redeem the world.

Pray

Loving God, when I get confused by Theological arguments and complicated philosophies; remind me of the simplicity of faith.  Belief that your love is broken open for me on the cross.


12 1.12: Ac 18:24
a Christ has been divided; some manuscripts have Christ cannot be divided.
14  1.14 a: Ac 18:8
1.14 b: Ac 19:29; Ro 16:23
16 1.16: 1 Co 16:15

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