Where do divisions stem from? Why do groups of people, including Christians, often quarrel and separate into factions? The Corinthian problem stems from an overemphasis on human leaders, and an over-blown sense of self-importance. Most of us can slip into these ways of thinking from time to time. The problem is not just that they lead to division. They also inhibit us from experiencing Jesus in all his fullness. He alone has the power to bring unity and wholeness, both to us as individuals as well as us as a group. The way we have treated human leaders, and the way they have treated us has huge effect, both positive and negative. Acknowledging what we and they are like, giving and receiving forgiveness, and ultimately allowing Jesus to be our one true leader, is what is needed to restore and further develop the unity of Jesus - the unity which we were made for, and with which our experience of life is so much richer.