1 CORINTHIANS 11:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.”
No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval — Paul makes a shocking claim: perhaps these divisions serve a hidden purpose, revealing who has genuine faith and maturity; like gold refined by fire, true character is disclosed through trial and testing.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:19
“For there must be also factions among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.” By “factions,” here he means those which concern not the doctrines, but these present divisions. But even if he had spoken of the doctrinal heresies, not even thus did he give them any handle. For Christ Himself said, “it must needs be that occasions of stumbling come,” Matthew 18:7 not destroying the liberty of the will nor appointing any necessity and compulsion over…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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