In 1 Corinthians 1, the apostle Paul tells the Corinthian church that they should not be choosing sides and boasting about which traveling preacher they will follow. Some are saying they side with Apollos, others with Paul, and others boast but still separate themselves and say they are better than others because they are just gonna follow Jesus! After all of this talk about divisions among them, Paul seeks to get their focus back where it is supposed to be in their lives: on Jesus. He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1:3031 NET) They were being arrogant and prideful and fleshy in their love of their preference. They loved Paul, or Apollos, or whatever, even to the point of boasting that...