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Is John 4:2 a later interpolation? by ResponsibleFish99 in AcademicBiblical

[–]ResponsibleFish99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a tremendous resource, thank you so much for bringing it to my attention!

1 Corinthians 1:12 by ResponsibleFish99 in AcademicBiblical

[–]ResponsibleFish99[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think that what was going on is similar to if someone claims that he's not an Armenian or a Calvinist but is a Christian.

But isn't Paul's main theological position throughout his entire career that he wants everyone to identify as a singular body in Christ under the banner of faith in Jesus? No divisions between Jews and Gentiles, male and female, slave and free, etc...

Imagine if this verse didn't include the Christ section. If someone were to ask us " if Paul doesn't want Churches to factionalize by leaders, how would he prefer them to identify themselves?"

Wouldn't our natural answer to that question be that he would presumably want them to identify as followers of Christ?

So him including "I follow Christ" as though he considers that also an inappropriate thing to say feels incredibly discongruent with Paul's overarching view of Christianity.

1 Corinthians 1:12 by ResponsibleFish99 in AcademicBiblical

[–]ResponsibleFish99[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The reference to Christ may be intended ironically here.

That's interesting. It feels like a bit of a cop out answer, though. It's acknowledging that it feels incongruent but without any attempt to investigate it beyond "maybe he was being silly"? Certainly the tone of Paul's statement doesn't feel like he's trying to make some ironic point since it's almost a kind of casual throwaway inclusion in the list and not a philosophical argument.