ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 1 v12

CORINTH HAD A HISTORY OF PARTISANSHIP. CLEMENT OF ROME: Inspired by God, Paul wrote to you concerning himself and Cephas and Apollos, because even then you were given to faction. But that factiousness involved you in less guilt, because then you were partisans of highly reputed apostles and of those commended by them. EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 47.3-4.8

ALL GOOD TEACHERS. AMBROSIASTER: Paul exposes their error without mentioning the names of the people responsible. The men whom he names here were all good teachers, but by alluding to them in this way he is really getting at the false apostles. For if the Corinthians were not to boast of their devotion to any of these men, how much more would this be true in the case of false teachers, whose corrupt doctrine he refers to next? COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.9

IS CHRIST THE HEAD OF A FACTION? CHRYSOSTOM: The quarreling at Corinth was not over trivial matters but over something fundamental. Even those who said they were of Christ were at fault, because they were implicitly denying this to others and making Christ the head of a faction rather than the head of the whole church. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 3.5.10

A RIDICULOUS CONFLICT. THEODORET OF CYR: In reality the Corinthians called themselves after other teachers, but Paul uses his own name and that of Apollos and Peter in order to make his point. By adding the name of Christ to the rest, he showed them how ridiculous the whole conflict was. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 168.11

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