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Is Christ divided? (memeristai ho Christos̱). Perfect passive indicative, Does Christ stand divided? It is not certain, though probable, that this is interrogative like the following clauses. Hofmann calls the assertory form a “rhetorical impossibility.” The absence of mē here merely allows an affirmative answer which is true. The fourth or Christ party claimed to possess Christ in a sense not true of the others. Perhaps the leaders of this Christ party with their arrogant assumptions of superiority are the false apostles, ministers of Satan posing as angels of light (2Co 11:12-15).
Was Paul crucified for you? (Mē Paulos estaurōthē huper humōṉ). An indignant “No” is demanded by mē. Paul shows his tact by employing himself as the illustration, rather than Apollos or Cephas. Probably huper, over, in behalf of, rather than peri (concerning, around) is genuine, though either makes good sense here. In the Koiné[28928]š huper encroaches on peri as in 2Th 2:1.
Were ye baptized into the name of Paul? (eis to onoma Paulou ebaptisthēte̱). It is unnecessary to say into for eis rather than in since eis is the same preposition originally as en and both are used with baptizō as in Act 8:16; Act 10:48 with no difference in idea (Robertson, Grammar, p. 592). Paul evidently knows the idea in Mat 28:19 and scouts the notion of being put on a par with Christ or the Trinity. He is no rival of Christ. This use of onoma for the person is not only in the lxx, but the papyri, ostraca, and inscriptions give numerous examples of the name of the king or the god for the power and authority of the king or god (Deissmann, Bible Studies, pp. 146ff., 196ff.; Light from the Ancient East, p. 121).