The Acts of the Apostles (1911) — PDF Scan 308

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302 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Christ was confirmed in you: so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Chrisf Paul spoke plainly of the dissensions that had arisen in the Corinthian church, and exhorted the members to cease from strife. ^'I beseech you, brethren, he wrote, ''by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment/' The apostle felt at liberty to mention how and by whom he had been informed of the divisions in the church. ''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.'' Paul was an inspired apostle. The truths he taught to others he had received "by revelation;" yet the Lord did not directly reveal to him at all times just the condition of His people. In this instance, those who were interested in the prosperity of the church at Corinth, and who had seen evils creeping in, had presented the matter before the apostle; and from divine revelations which he had formerly received, he was prepared to judge of the character of these developments. Notwithstanding the fact that the Lord did not give him a new revelation for that special time, those who were really seeking for light accepted his message as expressing the mind of Christ. The Lord had shown him the difficulties and dangers which would arise in the