The Corinthian church was experiencing divisions. People were apparently setting themselves up as teachers and gathering followings, creating divisions in the church.
Paul spends most of chapter 3 and going in to chapter 4 downplaying normal human views of a person’s stature. He goes out of his way to say he and Apollos are “Only servants, [...]
I memorized about 60 or 70 percent of 1st and 2nd Corinthians when I was a sophomore at Farmington High School. I’ve coached over the material a few times since then. I remember much of it.
At NYI convention, someone gave me a new look at part of it. One thing we know about the church [...]