1 Corinthians 1:11 - Exposition

It hath been signified unto me. He had heard these saddening rumours towards the close of his stay in Ephesus. By them which are of the household of Chloe . The Greek only has "by them of Chloe. St. Paul wisely and kindly mentions his authority for these reports. Nothing is known of Chloe or her household. It has been conjectured that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, Corinthians who were now with St. Paul at Ephesus ( 1 Corinthians 16:16 ), may have been Chloe's slaves or freedmen. Contentions. These are the works of the flesh ( 2 Corinthians 12:20 ; Galatians 5:20 ; 1 Timothy 6:4 ). The condition of the Church was the same when St. Clement of Rome wrote to them. He had still to complain of the "strange and alien and, for the elect of God, detest able and unholy spirit of faction which a few rash and self willed persons kindled to such a pitch of dementation" ('Ep. ad Corinthians 1.').