Hi to all and I do not follow Jesus and YET many say that they do !!
We are not to say we follow Paul. We are to follow Jesus, for he is the Way, the truth, and the life.
1 Corinthians 1:11-12 My brothers, some from Chloeâs household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12What I mean is this:
One of you says, âI follow Paulâ; another, âI follow Apollosâ; another, âI follow Cephasâ; still another, âI follow Christ.â 13 Is Christ divided?
Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 3:1
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldlyâmere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? 4For when one says, âI follow Paul,â and another, âI follow Apollos,â are you not mere men?
5What, after all, is Apollos?
And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believeâas the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9For we are Godâs fellow workers; you are Godâs field, Godâs building.
1 Corinthians 3:18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a âfoolâ so that he may become wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in Godâs sight. As it is written: âHe catches the wise in their craftinessâ; 20and again, âThe Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.â 21So then,
no more boasting about men! All things are yours, 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the futureâall are yours, 23and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
1 Corinthians 4:6 Now brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, âDo not go beyond what is written.â
Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.