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¹⁰Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

¹¹For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe`s household, that there are contentions among you.

¹²Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."

¹³Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

¹⁴I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

¹⁵so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.

¹⁶(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don`t know whether I baptized any other.)

¹⁷For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel -- not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn`t be made void.

¹⁸For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.