1 Corinthians 1:13

Is Christ divided? [μ ε μ ε ρ ι σ τ α ι ο χ ρ ι σ τ ο ς]. Some of the best expositors render as an assertion. Christ has been divided by your controversies. He is broken up into different party Christs. This gives a perfectly good and forcible sense, and is favored by the absence of the interrogative particle mh, which introduces the next clause. 78 Divided : so portioned up that one party may claim Him more than another. Christ has the article. See on Matthew 1:1.

Was Paul crucified for you? [μ η π α υ λ ο ς ε σ τ α υ ρ ω θ η υ π ε ρ υ μ ω ν]. A negative answer is implied. Paul surely was not, etc. For is uJper on behalf of, not peri on account of, as some texts.

In the name [ε ι ς τ ο ο ν ο μ α]. Rev., correctly, Into the name. See on Matthew 28:19. Of Paul as the name of him whom you were to confess. The order of the original is : Was it into the name of Paul that ye were baptized ?