1 Corinthians 1:10-4:20 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Divisions in the Church. How numerous these have been since Paul wrote! How many of them springing directly from human weakness, folly, or wickedness! How alien to the true spirit of Christianity, and to the prayer of Christ—"That they all may be one"! I. A GREAT EVIL . Cause of: 1. Weakness. Cooperation hindered. Strength expended in opposing each other instead of sin and Satan. Great opportunity offered for Satanic attack. Unity is strength; division is weakness. 2. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

The factions at Corinth. The word translated "divisions" is the original of our word "schism," which means a "rent" as in a garment, and then a division in a society or a separation from it. These internal divisions had begun to show themselves at Corinth, if not in the form of regularly defined parties, at least as forces that were moving in that direction, and which, if not checked, might soon lead to open rupture. On what principles these divisions rested, we are left to gather from the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10

Now I beseech you, brethren - In this verse the apostle enters on the discussion respecting the irregularities and disorders in the church at Corinth, of which he had incidentally heard; see 1 Corinthians 1:11. The first of which he had incidentally learned, was that which pertained to the divisions and strifes which had arisen in the church. The consideration of this subject occupies him to 1 Corinthians 1:17; and as those divisions had been caused by the influence of phi osophy, and the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 1:10

1 Corinthians 1:10. Now I beseech, παρακαλω , I exhort you, brethren You have faith and hope, secure love also; by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ That endearing name, infinitely preferable to all the human names in which you glory. The apostle intending, says Locke, to abolish the names of the leaders, whereby the parties distinguished themselves, besought them by the name of Christ. Indeed, as the same writer observes, the apostle scarcely ever makes use of a word or expression... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

1:10-4:21 DIVISIONS IN THE CHURCHNo blame upon Paul (1:10-17)Paul urges the Corinthian Christians to stop their quarrelling and be united (10). He has heard from people from Chloe’s household that the Christians have divided themselves into factions. Some called themselves Paul’s party. Others, who were impressed with the preaching of Apollos (cf. Acts 18:24-28), formed the Apollos party. Perhaps it was the Jewish group who claimed to be followers of Peter; while a fourth group claimed even... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 1:10

Now = But. beseech = exhort. App-134 . that = in order that. Greek. hina . speak = say. no = not. App-105 . divisions . Greek. schisma. Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 11:18 ; 1 Corinthians 12:25 .Matthew 9:16 (rent). Mark 2:21 (rent). John 7:43 ; John 9:16 ; John 10:19 . Hence Engl. "schism". among . App-104 . perfectly joined together = -fitted, or perfected. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6 . See App-125 . judgment = opinion. App-177 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10

Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.ON THE PROBLEM OF DISUNITYI beseech you ... Paul's tone in this is one of tender and affectionate appeal, delivered in the all-powerful name of Christ.No divisions ... All divisions are contrary to the will of Christ; and by reference to the perfect unity which is the ideal... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10

1 Corinthians 1:10.— There were great disorders in the church of Corinth, caused chiefly by a faction raised there against St. Paul; the partisans of the faction mightily cried up and gloried in their leader, and did all they could to disparage St. Paul, and to lessen him in the esteem of the Corinthians. The Apostle makes it his business in the first part of this Epistle, to take off the Corinthians from siding with, and glorying in this pretended apostle, whose followers and scholars they... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10

10. Now—Ye already have knowledge, utterance, and hope, maintain also love. brethren—The very title is an argument for love. by . . . Christ—whom Paul wishes to be all in all to the Corinthians, and therefore names Him so often in this chapter. speak . . . same thing—not speaking different things as ye do ( :-), in a spirit of variance. divisions—literally, "splits," "breaches." but—"but rather." perfectly joined together—the opposite word to "divisions." It is applied to healing a wound, or... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 1:10

By exhorting his readers in the name of their Lord Jesus Christ, Paul was putting what he was about to say on the highest level of authority. This is the tenth reference to Jesus Christ in the first ten verses of the epistle. Clearly Paul was focusing the attention of his audience on Christ, who alone deserves the preeminence. The Corinthians were to regard what he was about to say as coming from the Lord Himself."That the true source of the Corinthians’ illicit behavior is bad... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 1:10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 1:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 1:10

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