1 Corinthians 1:9-18
God is faithful; to his promises, and will keep you by his power, through faith unto salvation. 1Pe 1:5. By the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; from regard to him and his cause.All speak the same thing; be united, and refrain from contentions. House of Chloe; members of her family. I am of Paul; they were attached to, and ranged under different men whom they claimed as their leaders, though without their approbation; as if one were better than another, and his followers more holy. This caused divisions among them, which Paul lamented, and endeavored by this epistle to heal.Apollos; an eloquent preacher, who had visited Achaia and Corinth after the apostle. Ac 18:24-28.Cephas; the great apostle of the circumcision, whose name the adherents of the Mosaic law would be likely to use.I of Christ; the men who said this probably affected a peculiar intimacy with Christ, which raised them above the necessity of following any human teacher: for men may be proud not only of having a particular human leader but Christ. Crispus and Gaius; Ac 18:8; Ro 16:23. The household; the family. Chap 1Co 16:15. Not to baptize; as his principal or most important business.Wisdom of words; the subtle philosophical speculations and polished rhetoric which so strongly characterized Grecian oratory.The cross of Christ; the doctrine of salvation through a crucified Redeemer.Of none effect; ineffectual to the salvation of men. The great business of ministers is to preach the gospel; and they should be careful not to muffle it with the drapery of human ornament, lest they prevent its saving effect. Foolishness; they cannot discern its heavenly wisdom, and reject it as an absurd scheme, unworthy of their regard.The power of God; through which he delivers men from condemnation and ruin.
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