1 Corinthians 1:11
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are xcontentions among you.
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
ἐδηλώθη γάρ μοι περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί μου, ὑπὸ τῶν Χλόης, ὅτι ἔριδες ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσι.
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Proverbs 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
James 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
1 Corinthians 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
1 Corinthians 11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
The apostle cometh to show one reason, as why he wrote to them, so also why in the preceding verse he so zealously pressed unity upon them, because of an information he had received from some of the family of Chloe; for it is far more probable that Chloe was the name of a person, head of a family in Corinth, than of a city or town.
There are contentions among you: what their divisions were about, the next verses will tell us.