Must be

(δε εινα). Since moral conditions are so bad among you (cf. Chapter s 1 to 6). Cf. Matthew 18:7.Heresies

(αιρεσεις). The schisms naturally becomefactions

orparties

. Cf. strifes (εριδες) in 1 Corinthians 1:11. See on Acts 15:5 for αιρεσεις, a choosing, taking sides, holding views of one party, heresy (our word). "Heresy is theoretical schism, schism practical heresy." Cf. Titus 3:10; 2 Peter 2:1. In Paul only here and Galatians 5:20.That

(ινα). God's purpose in these factions makesthe proved ones

(ο δοκιμο) becomemanifest

(φανερο). "These αιρεσεις are a magnet attracting unsound and unsettled minds" (Findlay). It has always been so. Instance so-called Christian Science, Russellism, New Thought, etc., today.

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