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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Matthew Henry is a well respected theologian and I quoted him. He agrees with me that the same ones who were sectarian in chapter 3 were those who were being sanctified, that he addressed the letter to in chapter 1 as "the church in Corinth".
The point of Paul is not that the sectarian Christians need a better name. Since a better name doesn't make them the genuine church, neither does a sectarian name change the fact that they are sanctified in Christ Jesus, redeemed by His blood to be saints, with all those who call on His name.
The only thing that having a better name gets you is envy, strife, and reveals that you are babe in Christ and walking as men.
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Yes I like Matthew Henry that is good that you quoted him. But I don't believe what you say I believe. All believers are sanctified including all those in Corinth.
Please see the second paragraph of this website:
http://www.lsmradio.com/hearing-of-f...-recovery.html
It says exactly what you said.
Anyhow,my post was concerned with whether there was one church per city in the early church. This seems to be an established fact according to Greek NT experts like Wallace. This does not prove anything because we must answer the question of a) is it for today? and b) was Lee/Nee chosen by God to practice it?