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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:12 Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:12 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I am [a disciple] of Paul," or "I am [a disciple] of Apollos," or "I am [a disciple] of Cephas (Peter)," or "I am [a disciple] of Christ." |
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Bible Note: Joe Sorry for the delay in responding. Christ bestowed unity on his Church from the beginning. Christ always gives his Church the gift of unity, but the Church must always pray and work to maintain, reinforce, and perfect the unity that Christ wills for her. This is why Jesus himself prayed at the hour of his Passion, and does not cease praying to his Father, for the unity of his disciples: (John 17:21)"That they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one in us, . . . so that the world may know that you have sent me." The desire to recover the unity of all Christians is a gift of Christ and a call of the Holy Spirit (John 17:12) “When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled”. (Matthew 16: 19) I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." If an individual seeking God is within the light of a true Christian community, regardless of our personal feelings as to how imperfect the community or incomplete the light: we are not justified in attempting to pull that person from the light, on the belief that the they will eventually receive a more complete light within our community. It is during the time, away from the light, in which the soul can be lost. (Colossians 1: 18) “And He is the head of the body, the church.” All true Christian denominations, together, form The Church of Christ, the body of which Christ is the head. (1 Corinthians 1: 12) “I mean that each of you is saying, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Kephas," or "I belong to Christ." Our responsibility as Christians is to build up and support all parts of the Body of Christ. If you feel that one part of the Body is insufficient, then work to build up that part of the Body. Then, the Body of Christ, as a whole, will be stronger for Christ and His people. (Matthew 12:25) Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand” (Mark 3:25) If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand (Luke 11:17) Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 20-27) As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit. Now the body is not a single part, but many. But as it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor again the head to the feet, "I do not need you." Indeed, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are all the more necessary, and those parts of the body that we consider less honorable we surround with greater honor, and our less presentable parts are treated with greater propriety, Whereas our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it, So that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same concern for one another. If (one) part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy. Now you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it. Christ bestowed unity on his Church from the beginning. Christ always gives his Church the gift of unity, but the Church must always pray and work to maintain, reinforce, and perfect the unity that Christ wills for her. Brian |