1 CORINTHIANS 1:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?”
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? — three rhetorical questions expose the absurdity. 'Is Christ divided?' (memeriston Christos) — the answer is ontologically No. The cross belongs to Christ alone; baptism's formula uses Christ's name, not Paul's. The Corinthians' hero-worship contradicts their baptismal identity.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 1:13
“Is Christ divided.” What he says comes to this: “You have cut in pieces Christ, and distributed His body.” Here is anger! Here is chiding! Here are words full of indignation! For whenever instead of arguing he interrogates only, his doing so implies a confessed absurdity. But some say that he glanced at something else, in saying, “Christ is divided:” as if he had said, “He has distributed to men and parted the Church, and taken one share Himself, giving them the other.”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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