1 Corinthians 1:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? ”

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is Christ divided? - Paul, in this verse, proceeds to show the impropriety of their divisions and strifes. His general argument is, that Christ alone ought to be regarded as their head and leader...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) Is Christ divided? was (16) Paul crucified for you? or were ye (17) baptized in the name of Paul? (15) The first reason why divisions ought to be avoided: because Christ seems by that means to...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Party Spirit in the Church. Apparently Paul had only just heard of the parties, they were, therefore, a new development and not of long standing. He deals with them first, not as the gravest ab...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Is Christ divided? The omission of me , with the question, implies that the answer must be affirmative. "He is indeed. "Compare 1 Corinthians 12:12-25 . You are rending Him. was Paul, &c. ?...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Is Christ divided? This intolerable evil was consequent upon the divisions that prevailed among the Corinthians: for Christ alone must reign in the Church. And as the object of the gospe...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? Is Christ divided? - Can he be split into different sects and parties? Has he different and opposing systems? O...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Was Paul crucified for you?— As if he had said, "Are your obligations to me equal or comparable to those which you are under to our common Master? To him who died for us upon the cross?" He mention...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? Is Christ divided? - into various parts, so that He hath sharers in His power, and so some of you call...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Greeting and Thanksgiving. Partisanship in the Church St. Paul, after greeting the Church and giving thanks for its spiritual gifts, rebukes the preference for various teachers which was prevalent...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is Christ divided? — Better, Christ is divided. Christ, in the communion of the Church, is rent, torn in fragments by you. The mention of the sacred name as a party-cry makes the Apostle burst in...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 3 THE FACTIONS THE first section of this Epistle, extending from the tenth verse of the first chapter to the end of the fourth chapter, is occupied with an endeavour to quench the factiou...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cross God's Saving Power 1 Corinthians 1:12-25 Apollos had gone straight from Ephesus to Corinth, Acts 19:1 . A party gathered around him, especially attracted by his eloquence and inte...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The epistle is to the Church. Its messages are only for those who have been brought into fellowship with Jesus Christ. The character of the Church is indicated in the words, "sanctified in Christ Jes...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the sam...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST ‘There are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided?’ 1 Corin...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Is Christ divided ?.... Some read the words as an assertion, "Christ is divided"; that is, his body, the church, is divided by such factions and parties; though in some copies μη, the note of interr...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? Ver. 13. Baptized in the name ] Gr. "Into the name," so as to be called by my name. Those then that will ne...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Why do you not all say the same thing, namely, I am of Christ, 1 Corinthians 3:23 . Is Christ divided? Did one Christ send Paul, and another Apollos, to preach the gospel to you? Is not one and...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Paul writes here as "a called apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God." As such, it is the authoritative word of God he communicates, that which requires the subjection and obedience of all the Ch...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Party-Spirit Reproved. A. D. 57. 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jes...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

How came these parties? There is but one Christ, but one that was crucified for you, but one into whose name, into a faith in whom, and a profession of whom, you were baptized. Peter baptized you int...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Folly Of The Disunity Being Revealed in the Church Because of a Craving for One Man's Wisdom Over Another's (1:10-17). In their world around them they see men taken up with the glory of wisdom...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 1:11 .—“ I hear ; for, though you have written me about many things ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ), yet you said nothing about this!” Them of … Chloe .—The bearers of the Cor...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, This brother had been put to great shame. He was beaten before the judgment-seat, if you reme...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 1:1 . Paul, called to be an apostle. It was proper to mention this, else he would have had no title to address his letter to the Corinthians, and the catholic church, or saints in ge...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

I thank my God … for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ. Apostolic thanksgiving for I. The grace they had received. 1. Freely given. 2. Richly supplied. 3. Amply confi...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The oldest superscription was probably, "To the Corinthians, the first (Πρὸς Κορινθίους πρώτη)." This is found in א, A, B, C, D. 1 Corinthians 1:1-46 The greeting. An ope...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Reproof of Disharmony. 1 Corinthians 1:10-16
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:15 ; 1 Corinthians 10:2 ; 1 Corinthians 6:19 ; 1 Corinthians 6:20 ; 2 Corinthians 11:4 ; 2 Corinthians 5:14 ; 2 Corinthians 5:15 ; Acts 10:48 ; Acts 19:5 ; Acts 2:38 ; Ephe...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Church of God at Corinth 1 Corinthians 1:1-30 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We propose taking several studies from the First Epistle to the Corinthians. There will be much to consider here which shou...
1 Corinthians 1:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is Christ divided — Are not all the members still under one head? Was not he alone crucified for you all; and were ye not all baptized in his name? The glory of Christ then is not to be divided bet...

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 1:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 1:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 1:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 1:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 1:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 1:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes