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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

1 Corinthians 1:12

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1 Corinthians 1:12 (WEB)

Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”

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Theodoret of Cyrus

Augustine of Hippo

Tertullian

  • “But these words were written to the Corinthians in regard of the circumstances of that particular time; seeing that schisms and dissensions were agitated among them, while one attributes everything to Paul, another to Apollos.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 11, 12; iii. 3, 4.

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  • “…because it is by fire that the test is applied to the building which you erect upon the foundation which is laid by Him, that is, the foundation of His Christ.” — editor's note: We add the original of this sentence: “Nisi si structorem se terreni operis Deus profitebatur, ut non de suo Christo significaret, qui futurus esset…

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Gregory the Great

  • “…the Corinthians to be forwardly puffed up one against another, so that one said he was of Paul, another of Apollos, another of Cephas, and another of Christ (1 Cor. i. 12; iii. 4), he brought forward the crime of incest, which had not only been perpetrated among them, but also remained uncorrected, saying, It is…” — the author cites it

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