1st Corinthians Chapter 1 verse 11 Holy Bible
For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them `that are of the household' of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
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Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.
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For it has been shewn to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of [the house of] Chloe, that there are strifes among you.
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For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
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For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
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for it was signified to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe, that contentions are among you;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - It hath been signified unto me. He had heard these saddening rumours towards the close of his stay in Ephesus. By them which are of the household of Chloe. The Greek only has "by them of Chloe. St. Paul wisely and kindly mentions his authority for these reports. Nothing is known of Chloe or her household. It has been conjectured that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, Corinthians who were now with St. Paul at Ephesus (1 Corinthians 16:16), may have been Chloe's slaves or freedmen. Contentions. These are the works of the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:20; Galatians 5:20; 1 Timothy 6:4). The condition of the Church was the same when St. Clement of Rome wrote to them. He had still to complain of the "strange and alien and, for the elect of God, detest able and unholy spirit of faction which a few rash and self willed persons kindled to such a pitch of dementation" ('Ep. ad Corinthians 1.').
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) The house of Chloe.--Who Chloe was we cannot tell. Her name was evidently well known to the Corinthians, and some slaves of her household, probably travelling between Ephesus and Corinth, on their owner's business, had brought to St. Paul the account of the distracted state of the church in their city.
