5. You have found the riches of the Christ; the word and the knowledge of God are spoken and fulfilled in your midst;
6. the witness of the Christ is there; it is unassailable evidence;
7. and the full measure of His gifts is counted in you, nothing is wanting for your completion, whilst you wait for that unveiling and revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8. Yes, there will be no faltering, no failure in his support of you, till you are made perfect, in the “end,” “the day” of our Lord Jesus Christ, the day of perfect revelation.
9. For God, through whom this calling, this share in His son Jesus Christ our Lord has come to you, is faithful in all His ways.
10. Through this name of Jesus Christ our Lord, I urge you — for that is the secret of his name — to have one mind, one persuasion and precept amongst you, to be all of one mind with one idea. O let schisms and divisions be unknown to you, for your perfection is in unity.
11. Strifes there are amongst you, it has come to my knowledge through the members who meet in Chloe's house.
12. They tell me some describe themselves as disciples of Paul, others of Apollos, others of Cephas, others of Christ —
13. but Christ is not divided. I was not crucified for you, nor were you baptised into my name.
14-15. For this very reason I was careful not to baptise disciples personally amongst you. It is to me a cause of gratitude to God that I baptised only Crispus and Gaius,