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1 Corinthians 1:13

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 1:13 · King James Version
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  • WEB Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
  • BSB Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
  • NKJV Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
  • NASB Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
  • NLT Has Christ been divided into factions? Was I, Paul, crucified for you? Were any of you baptized in the name of Paul? Of course not!

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Paul's three pointed questions show the absurdity of dividing over leaders. Christ alone was crucified for them and into his name alone they were baptized.

Overview

With rhetorical questions Paul dismantles the factions: Christ is not divided, Paul was not crucified for them, and they were baptized into Christ's name, not Paul's. The cross and baptism unite all believers under one Savior. To rally around mere ministers is to forget that salvation belongs wholly to Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 14

  • Eph 4:5One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
  • 2 Cor 11:4For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
  • Acts 2:38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
  • Acts 10:48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
  • Acts 19:5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • 1 Cor 10:2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
  • 2 Cor 5:14–15For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
  • Gal 1:7Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
  • Matt 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
  • 1 Cor 6:19–20What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
  • Acts 8:16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
  • Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
  • Rom 14:9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
  • 1 Cor 1:15Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

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Christ crucified is the wisdom and power of God; he is our Passover sacrificed for us, the firstfruits of resurrection, the foundation on which everything is built.

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