There are times when divided opinions appear in family. Sometimes arguments on some opinions can be vigorous and hostile. For example a couple may argue about buying a house that the wife likes but not the husband. Therefore argument may be elevated into a quarrel. However, when things cool off both husband and wife may come to senses and a settlement between divided opinions comes to an end. It is a smaller scale of oneness as a unit of community.
The believers in Corinth may not have drawn a line down their main thoroughfare, but they were divided. They’d been quarreling as a result of their allegiances to those who taught them about Jesus: Paul, Apollos, or Cephas (Peter). Paul called them all to oneness “in mind and thought”(1 Corinthians 1:10) reminding them it was Christ who was crucified for them, not their spiritual leaders.
We behave similarly today, don’t we? We sometimes oppose even those who share our singularly important belief—Jesus’ sacrifice for our wrongdoings—making them rivals instead of allies. Just as Christ Himself is not divided, we, as His earthly body – must not allow differences over nonessentials to divide us. Instead, we need to celebrate our oneness in Him.