1 Corinthians 1:9-11
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9 God always does what he has promised to do. He has chosen you to be friends with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
Christians must not quarrel
10 My Christian friends, I tell you this with the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ: ‘Please agree with each other. Do not become separate groups. Be united and think about things in the same way.’
11 Some people from Chloe's house have told me news about you. My friends, they say that you are quarrelling among yourselves.
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1 Corinthians 1:9-11
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9 God is faithful,(A) who has called you(B) into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.(C)
A Church Divided Over Leaders
10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a](D) in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you,(E) but that you be perfectly united(F) in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household(G) have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
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