10 Now brothers and sisters, I appeal to you in the name of our master Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) Messiah, that you all agree together so that there’ll be no divisions among you, but rather that you’ll be united in your thinking and in your purpose, 11 because, my brothers and sisters, it’s been made clear to me by some from Kloe’s household, that you are quarrelling among yourselves. 12 What I am talking about is how many of you are claiming that you belong to Paulos’s group, for example, or that you belong to Apollos’ group,[ref] or that you belong to Kefa’ (Cephas; Grk. Kefas) group, or that you belong to Messiah’s group. 13 Has the messiah been divided? Was it Paulos who was executed for you? Or were you immersed in water in the Paulos’s name?

14 I thank God that I didn’t immerse any of you other than Krispos[ref] and Gaios,[ref] 15 so that no one can say that I had immersed you into my own name. 16 (Oh yes, I also immersed Stefanas and his household,[ref] but I don’t think I immersed anyone else.) 17 Because Messiah didn’t send me to immerse people in water, but to preach the good message—but not with words of wisdom just in case the messiah’s execution on the post gets deprived of importance.