1 Corinthians 1:12 BSB

1 Corinthians 1:12

What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

KJV

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book V (220)

And was it not Paul himself who was there foretold, destined "to be taken away from Judah"-that is, from Judaism-for the erection of Christianity, in order "to lay that only foundation, which is Christ? " Of this work the Creator also by the same prophet says, "Behold, I lay in Sion for a foundation a precious stone and honourable; and he that resteth thereon shall not be confounded."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Every one of you saith - It seems from this expression that the whole Church at Corinth was in a state of dissension: they were all divided into the following sects 1. Paulians, or followers of St. Paul; 2. Apollonians, or followers of Apollos; 3. Kephians, or followers of Kephas; 4. Christians, or followers of Christ. See the Introduction, Section 5. The converts at Corinth were partly Jews and partly Greeks. The Gentile part, as Dr. Lightfoot conjectures, might boast the names of Paul and Apollos; the Jewish, those of Kephas and Christ.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγω	legō	I mean	G3004 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
τοῦτο,	touto	this,	G3778 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἕκαστος	hekastos	each	G1538 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
λέγει·	legei	says;	G3004 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
μέν	men	indeed	G3303 →
εἰμι	eimi	am	G1510 →
Παύλου,	Paulou	of Paul,	G3972 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
Ἀπολλῶ,	Apollō	of Apollos,	G625 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
Κηφᾶ,	Kēpha	of Cephas,	G2786 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
Χριστοῦ.	Christou	of Christ.	G5547 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 15:5
and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
leads to
- Mark 16:14
  Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
- John 20:19–26
  It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be…
- Acts 1:2–14
  until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
Through
John 1:42
Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 3:22
  whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
- John 21:15–17
  When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:5
  and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
- 1 Corinthians 9:5
  Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
- Galatians 2:9
  And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and…