teachers, 2 Cor. 11, 13 ; that these teachers were Hebrews, 2 Cor. 11, 22, and that they endeavoured to undermine the au- thority of Paul as an apostle. The two principal parties in Coiinth, therefore, were Gentiles calling themselves the disci- ples of Paul, and Jews claiming to be the followers of Peter. The Gentile converts, however, were not united among them- selves. While some said, we are of Paul ; others said, we are of Apollos. As ApoUos was an Alexandrian Jew, distinguished for literary culture and eloquence, it is probable that the more highly educated among the Corinthian Christians were his peculiar followers. Apollos is a shortened form of Apollonius, as Silas is of Silvanus. The first governor of Egypt appointed by Alexander bore that name ; and probably on that account it became in that country so exceedingly common. As the Ju- daizers objected to Paul that he was not an apostle, these fol- lowers of Apollos undervalued him as a preacher. He was nei- ther a philosopher nor a rhetorician after the Grecian school. We shall find the apostle defending himself against both these classes of objections. Who those were who said, we are of Christ, it is not so easy to determine. It is plain that they were as much to blame as the other parties mentioned. They must therefore have claimed some peculiar relation to Christ which they denied to their fellow believers, 2 Cor. 10, 7. Whether this exclusive claim was founded, as some suppose, on the fact that they had themselves seen and heard Christ ; or whether they asserted their superior and more intimate relation to him on some other ground, is altogether uncertain. It would appear from the frequency with which Paul speaks of certain persons in Corinth " glorying in the flesh," and " in appearance," that this party claimed some peculiar external relation to Christ, and that their views of him were " carnal," or worldly.
13. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul ?
The grounds of our allegiance to Christ are, first, that he is the Christ, the Son of the living God ; second, that he hath redeemed us ; third, that we are consecrated to him in bap- tism. All these grounds are pecuhar to Christ. To no oth- er being in the universe do believers stand in the relation which they all sustain to their common Lord. As, therefore, there is but one Christ, but one redeemer, but one baptism,