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it was taken away from them even to be called Christians; see how in the beginning through everything he reminds them of the name of Christ, saying: Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus; to those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks for the grace given to you in Christ Jesus, as the testimony of Christ was revealed in you, awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; who will also confirm you blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is God, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ, Now I beseech you through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. See the continuity of the name of Christ; from which it is clear that he did this not rashly and simply, but by the density of this good name, removing the summons, and the schism, and their being named after others. Called, not a self-appointed apostle, as you are appointed teachers; but through Jesus Christ. «For the grace given to you in Christ Jesus; that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge.» Through whom was it given? Was it through me, or through another apostle? Not at all, he says, but through Jesus Christ. For this is the meaning of, in Christ Jesus. «As the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you.» If then you were confirmed and strengthened through signs and grace, for what reason are you shaken? «So that you are not lacking in any gift.» He shows how much they are about to deprive themselves of, by adhering to the false teachers. «Awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.» It is as if he were saying: Why are you disturbed? Why are you troubled that Christ is not present? He is indeed present, and the day is at the doors; and there is need of much virtue, and many labors, so as to be able to reach the end. And he says revelation, showing that, even if he is not seen, yet he is and is present, and will be revealed both now and then. «Faithful is God, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same thing.» It is as if he were saying: You were called into the fellowship of the Only-begotten, and you attach yourselves to men, 95.573 what is worse than this misery? But how were they called? Through the Father. For since he continually says about the Son, 'Through him,' and, 'in him,' lest they should think that he thus mentions him as being lesser, he attributed these things to the Father. And the phrase, into the fellowship of His Son, is similar to what is said elsewhere, if we suffer with him, we will also reign with him. And he now pre-arranges these things in his discourse, so that the great vehemence of the accusations does not cause them to fall into despair. «And let there be no schisms among you.» The term 'schism' is itself a strong accusation. For when a whole is divided into many parts, not only does it not become many, but the one is also destroyed. «But be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment.» Since he had rebuked them very sharply with the term 'schism', he again softens his speech, saying: that you may be perfectly united; it is as if he were saying: Do not think that I advise concord only in words; for I seek that which comes from the mind. «For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now I say this, that each of you says.» Again by the name of brotherhood he summons them to persuasion. «I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas.» Not that they called themselves of Paul or of Cephas, but he transfers their names to himself, as he himself also declares in the following. And by this he signifies that if they should not have been called by the names of Paul, and Peter, and Apollos, much more not of others. «And I of Christ.» He does not find fault with this, that some even called themselves of Christ, but that not all did, but that Christ was given as if in some portion.

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αὐτοῖς ἀνῄρητο καὶ Χριστιανοῖς ἔτι προσαγορεύεσθαι· ὅρα πῶς ἐν ἀρχαῖς διὰ πάντων αὐτοὺς ἀναμιμνήσκει τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, λέγων· Παῦλος κλητὸς ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἡγιασμένοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· τοῖς ἐπικαλουμένοις τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Χάρις ὑμῖν ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Εὐχαριστῶ ἐπὶ τῇ χάριτι τῇ δοθείσῃ ὑμῖν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, καθὼς τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπεκαλύφθη ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀπεκδεχομένοις τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὃς καὶ βεβαιώσει ὑμᾶς ἀνεγκλήτους ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Πιστὸς ὁ Θεὸς, δι' οὗ ἐκλήθητε εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ὅρα τὴν συνέχειαντοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὅθεν δῆλον, ὅτι οὐκ εἰκῆ τοῦτο καὶ ἁπλῶς ἐποίει, ἀλλὰ τῇ πυκνότητι τῆς καλῆς ταύτης προσηγορίας, τὴν πρόσκλησιν, καὶ τὴν ἀπόσχισιν, καὶ τὴν ἀφ' ἑτέρων προσηγορίαν αὐτῶν ἀφαιρῶν. Κλητὸς, οὐκ αὐτοχειροτόνητος ἀπόστολος, ὡς ὑμεῖς χειροτονητοὶ διδάσκαλοι· ἀλλὰ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. «Τῇ δοθείσῃ ὑμῖν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· ὅτι ἐν παντὶ ἐπλουτίσθητε ἐν αὐτῷ, ἐν παντὶ λόγῳ καὶ πάσῃ γνώσει.» ∆ιὰ τίνος ἐδόθη; ἆρα δι' ἐμοῦ, ἢ δι' ἑτέρου ἀποστόλου; Οὐδαμῶς, φησὶν, ἀλλὰ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Τὸ γὰρ, ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, τοῦτό ἐστι. «Καθὼς τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐβεβαιώθη ἐν ὑμῖν.» Εἰ τοίνυν ἐβεβαιώθητε καὶ ἐστηρίχθητε διὰ σημείων καὶ χάριτος, τίνος ἕνεκεν παρασαλεύεσθε; «Ὥστε ὑμᾶς μὴ ὑστερεῖσθαι ἐν μηδενὶ χαρίσματι.» ∆είκνυσιν ὅσον μέλλουσιν ἑαυτῶν ἀποστερεῖν, τοῖς ψευδοδιδασκάλοις προσκείμενοι. «Ἀπεκδεχομένους τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς καὶ βεβαιώσει ὑμᾶς ἕως τέλους ἀνεγκλήτους ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.» Ὅμοιον ὡς εἰ λέγοι· Τί θορυβεῖσθε; τί ταράττεσθε, ὅτι οὐ πάρεστι Χριστός; Πάρεστι μὲν οὖν, καὶ ἡμέρα ἐπὶ θύραις· καὶ πολλῆς ἀρετῆς, καὶ πολλῶν χρεία πόνων, ὥστε δυνηθῆναι πρὸς τὸ τέλος ἐλθεῖν. Ἀποκάλυψιν δὲ λέγει, δεικνὺς ὅτι, εἰ καὶ μὴ ὁρᾶται, ἀλλ' ἔστι καὶ πάρεστι, καὶ νῦν καὶ τότε φανήσεται. «Πιστὸς ὁ Θεὸς, δι' οὗ ἐκλήθητε εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν. Παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοὶ, διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα τὸ αὐτὸ λέγητε πάντες.» Ὅμοιον ὡς εἰ λέγοι· Εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ Μονογενοῦς ἐκλήθητε, καὶ ἀνθρώποις ἑαυτοὺς προσνέμετε, 95.573 τί ταύτης ἀθλιότητος χεῖρον; Πῶς δὲ ἐκλήθησαν; ∆ιὰ τοῦ Πατρός. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ, ∆ι' αὐτοῦ, καὶ, ἐν αὐτῷ, συνεχῶς λέγει περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, ἵνα μὴ νομίσωσιν, ὅτι ὡς ἐλάττονος αὐτοῦ οὕτω μέμνηται, προσένειμεν αὐτὰ τῷ Πατρί. Τῷ δὲ, εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὅμοιον τὸ ἀλλαχοῦ εἰρημένον, εἰ συμπάσχομεν, καὶ συμβασιλεύσομεν. Ταῦτα δὲ προοικονομεῖ ἐν τῷ λόγῳ νῦν, ὥστε μὴ μέγα τὸ σφοδρὸν τῶν ἐγκλημάτων, εἰς ἀπόγνωσιν αὐτοὺς ἐμπεσεῖν. «Καὶ μὴ ᾖ ἐν ὑμῖν σχίσματα.» Τοῦ σχίσματος ἡ ἔμφασις ἰσχυρόν ἐστι κατηγορίας ὄνομα. Τὸ γὰρ ὁλόκληρον ὅταν εἰς πολλὰ διαιρεθῇ, οὐ μόνον πολλὰ οὐ γίνεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ἓν ἀπόλλυται. «Ἦτε δὲ κατηρτισμένοι ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ νοῒ, καὶ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ γνώμῃ.» Ἐπειδὴ σφόδρα καθήψατο τῇ προσηγορίᾳ τοῦ σχίσματος, πάλιν πραΰνει τὸν λόγον, λέγων· ἵνα ἦτε κατηρτισμένοι· ὅμοιον δὲ ὡς εἰ λέγοι· Μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι μέχρι ῥημάτων συμβουλεύω τὴν ὁμόνοιαν· τὴν γὰρ ἀπὸ διανοίας ἐπιζητῶ. «Ἐδηλώθη γάρ μοι περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί μου, ὑπὸ τῶν Χλόης, ὅτι ἔριδες ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσιν. Λέγω δὲ τοῦτο, ὅτι ἕκαστος ὑμῶν λέγει.» Πάλιν τῇ τῆς ἀδελφότητος προσηγορίᾳ ἐκκαλεῖται αὐτοὺς εἰς πειθώ. «Ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι Παύλου· ἐγὼ δὲ Ἀπολλώ· ἐγὼ δὲ Κηφᾶ.» Οὐχ ὅτι Παύλου ἑαυτοὺς ἢ Κηφᾶ προσηγόρευον, ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐκείνων ὀνόματα εἰς ἑαυτὸν μετασχηματίζει, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς δηλοῖ. Σημαίνει δὲ τούτῳ, ὅτι εἰ Παύλου, καὶ Πέτρου, καὶ Ἀπολλὼ οὐκ ἐχρῆν ἐπιφημίζειν αὐτοῖς ὀνόματα, πολλῷ μᾶλλον δὲ ἑτέρων. «Ἐγὼ δὲ Χριστοῦ.» Οὐ τοῦτο ἐγκαλεῖ, ὅτι καί τινες καὶ Χριστοῦ προσηγόρευον ἑαυτοὺς, ἀλλ' ὅτι μὴ πάντες, ἀλλ' ὡς ἐν μερίδι τινὶ δέδοται ὁ Χριστός.