1 CORINTHIANS 1:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
What I mean is this: One of you says, 'I follow Paul'; another, 'I follow Apollos'; another, 'I follow Cephas'; and another, 'I follow Christ' — the four factions reveal the Corinthian disease: patronage loyalty. Cephas (Aramaic for Peter/rock) represents Jerusalem authority; Apollos (known as eloquent in Acts 18) represents rhetorical power; Paul represents apostolic pioneering; 'Christ' may be a super-spiritual faction or Paul's counterquestion. All four divide Christ's body.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 1:12
Next he declares also the kind of contention. “That each one of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas.” “I say, contentions,” says he, “I mean, not about private matters, but of the more grievous sort.” “That each one of you says;” for the corruption pervaded not a part, but the whole of the Church. And yet they were not speaking about himself, nor about Peter, nor about Apollos; but he signifies that if these were not to be leaned on, much less others.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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