chloe !!!! _My brothers, some from Chloe's household have imformed me that there are quarrels among you. (1 CORINTHINANS1:11) We don't really know anything more about Chloe or her household than this verse reveals, but she was probably an important woman, since she's named as the heade of her household. And we know a lot about her church from Paul's letters to the Corinthians.
# 2 _Chloe didn't belong to a perfect congregation__division, not unity, was the hallmark of the Corinthian church. Everyone wanted to choose a leader to follow: Paul, Apollos, Peter (Cephas), or Christ. No one seemed to be in charge.
# 3 _Obviously some faithful believer from Chloe's household, perhaps even Chloe herself, became troubled by the quarrels that divided the Corinthian church. A report got back to Paul that these foolish arguments had separated believers. When he heard, he confronted the young Corinthian Christians, even generally naming the source of his information. Because Paul received this report, he was able to save the church from an implosion.
# 4 _Should we find ourselves in her situation, Chloe gives us an example. Do we drop a word in a church learder's ear or keep it to ourselves? we wonder. God provides us with the wisdom for each problem we face. By speaking now, we could defuse a serious problem later.
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