Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 3:4

4 For while one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal? .

Not that Christians in so large a City as Corinth ▪ might not put themselves under several Pastors, or as to themselves prefer one before another, either in respect of the more eminent gifts of God bestowed upon one (as doubtless Paul was preferable to Apollos) or in respect of the more suitableness of one mans gifts to their capacities than another: but their adherence so to one Minister of the Gospel, that for his sake they vilified and despised all others, that were also true and faithful servants of God in the work of his Gospel, this was their sin, and spake them to have vicious and corrupt affections, and to walk more like men than like Saints, not having a true notion of the Ministers of Christ, nor behaving themselves towards them as they ought to do.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 1.12.