1 Corinthians 1:10–18

Sectarianism is Sin

¹⁰Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^qthat you all ⁴speak the same thing, and that there be no ⁵divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. ¹¹For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are ⁶contentions among you. ¹²Now I say this, that ^reach of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of ^sApollos,” or “I am of ^tCephas,” or “I am of Christ.” ^13uIs Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

¹⁴I thank God that I baptized ^vnone of you except ^wCrispus and ^xGaius, ¹⁵lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. ¹⁶Yes, I also baptized the household of ^yStephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. ¹⁷For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, ^znot with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

Christ the Power and Wisdom of God

¹⁸For the ⁷message of the cross is ^afoolishness to ^bthose who are perishing, but to us ^cwho are being saved it is the ^dpower of God.