1 Cor 3;4

[clark thompson]

1 Corinthians 3:4
King James Version (KJV)



4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?



1 Corinthians 3:4
GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)



4 When some of you say, “I follow Paul” and others say, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting like sinful humans?



GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group


My thoughts.

We are not to follow after sinful man but after the sinless Christ Jesus.

 

[musterion]

Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me. For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church. (1 Cor. 4:16-17)

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. (I Cor. 11:1)

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for ensamples. (Phil. 3:17)

Those things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace shall be with you. (Phil. 4:9)

Either the Holy Spirit contradicted Himself when inspiring Paul to write what he wrote in these four passages vs 1 Cor 3:4...or...you are not taking something very important into account. Which do you think is the case?

 

[clark thompson]

They were putting their following of man before Christ. Paul was livig as Jesus wanted him to live and this is an example we can follow. Paul was not a sinful man, he was a man who sins were under the blood and he was maderighteous thru Christ.