1 Corinthians 1:8-10
New International Reader's Version
8 God will also keep you strong in faith to the very end. Then you will be without blame on the day our Lord Jesus Christ returns. 9 God is faithful. He has chosen you to share life with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Taking Sides in the Church
10 Brothers and sisters, I make my appeal to you. I do this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I ask that all of you agree with one another in what you say. I ask that you don’t take sides. I ask that you are in complete agreement in all that you think.
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1 Corinthians 1:8-10
New International Version
8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless(A) on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.(B) 9 God is faithful,(C) who has called you(D) into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.(E)
A Church Divided Over Leaders
10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a](F) in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you,(G) but that you be perfectly united(H) in mind and thought.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
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