[GonzoII]

"Of course you should...But you should put equal weight on all the other epistles as well..."

You assume I don't, where is your basis for assuming that?

"If Peter was the first pope, Paul would not have pointed out that you not follow Peter to the exclusion of the others..."

Paul points out that Christ is being ignored in their contentions in favor of different leaders including himself, He should be the center of their thoughts, these verses have nothing to do with the papacy.

"you not follow Peter to the exclusion of the others"

You don't follow or listen to any of them except for Christ's sake who appointed them:

Mt:28:20: "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world. "

[Iscool]

Paul points out that Christ is being ignored in their contentions in favor of different leaders including himself, He should be the center of their thoughts,

I would say not since Christ is included in this topic of exclusion...

Interesting that Paul says pretty much not to focus on what Jesus personally teaches exclusively...

ALL of the apostles have taught what Jesus told them to teach...To rely only on what Jesus says in Matthew is no better than following just the teaching of Apollos...

these verses have nothing to do with the papacy.

Sure they do...As I understand it, your pope teaches that what Jesus spoke to Peter supercedes anything any of the apostles wrote...

Paul points out this is wrong since they all taught what Jesus spoke, to them...

The topic is unity...And it is NOT unity into a religion that follows after one person's teaching whether it be Peter, Jesus or Paul or Apollos or anyone else...That verse goes to the heart of your religion...

[Cronos]

Paul points out that Christ is being ignored in their contentions in favor of different leaders including himself, He should be the center of their thoughts, these verses have nothing to do with the papacy.

Yes, it's funny how some outside The Church will take any opportunity to attack it and even funnier is how they take one section of a sentence out of context and interpret it in the way they want to. Sola scriptura...