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I beseech (παρακαλῶ)
See on consolation, Luk 6:24. The word occurs more than one hundred times in the New Testament.
Divisions (σχίσματα)
See on Joh 10:19. In classical Greek used only of actual rents in material. So in Mat 9:16; Mar 2:21. In the sense of discord, see Joh 7:43; Joh 9:16; Joh 10:19. Here, faction, for which the classical word is στάσις: division within the christian community. The divisions of the Corinthian church arose on questions of marriage and food (1Co 7:3, 1Co 7:5, 1Co 7:12); on eating, meat offered to idols (1Co 8:7; 1Co 10:20); on the comparative value of spiritual endowments, such as speaking with “tongues” (14) ; on the privileges and demeanor of women in the assemblies for worship (1Co 11:5-15); on the relations of the rich and the poor in the agape or love-feasts (1Co 11:17-22); and on the prerogatives of the different christian teachers (1Co 1:12, 1Co 1:13; 3:3-22).
Perfectly joined together (κατηρτισμένοι)
Rev., perfected together. See on Mat 21:16; see on Luk 6:40; see on 1Pe 5:10. Carrying on the metaphor in divisions. Not of individual and absolute perfection, but of perfection in the unity of the Church.
Mind (νοΐ̀)
See on Rom 7:23.
Judgment (γνώμῃ)
See on Rev 17:13. The distinction between mind and judgment is not between theoretical and practical, since νοῦς mind, includes the practical reason, while γνώμη judgment, has a theoretical side. Rather between understanding and opinion; νοῦς regarding the thing from the side of the subject, γνώμη from the side of the object. Being in the same realm of thought, they would judge questions from the same christian stand-point, and formulate their judgment accordingly.