1:1Paul, called
to be an apostle of
Jesus Christ through the will of
God, and
Sosthenes our brother,
1:2unto the
church of
God which is at
Corinth,
even them that are sanctified in
Christ Jesus, called
to be saints, with all that call upon the
name of our
Lord Jesus Christ in every
place, their
Lord and ours:
1:3Grace to you and
peace from
God our
Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
1:4I thank my
God always concerning you, for the
grace of
God which was given you in
Christ Jesus;
1:5that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all
knowledge;
1:6even as the testimony of
Christ was confirmed in you:
1:7so that ye come behind in no
gift; waiting for the
revelation of our
Lord Jesus Christ;
1:8who shall also confirm you unto the end,
that ye be unreproveable in the
day of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son
Jesus Christ our
Lord.
1:10Now I beseech you,
brethren, through the
name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and
that there be no divisions among you; but
that ye be perfected together in the same
mind and in the same
judgment.
1:11For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my
brethren, by them
that are of the household of
Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
1:12Now this I mean, that each one of you saith,
I am of
Paul; and I of
Apollos: and I of
Cephas; and I of
Christ.
1:13Is
Christ divided? was
Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the
name of
Paul?
1:14I thank
God that I baptized none of you, save
Crispus and
Gaius;
1:15lest any
man should say that ye were baptized into my
name.
1:16And I baptized also the household of
Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
1:17For
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the
gospel: not in
wisdom of words, lest the
cross of
Christ should be made void.
1:18For the
word of the
cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the
power of
God.
1:19For it is written,
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.
1:20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 1:21For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe. 1:22Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom: 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness; 1:24but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1:25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 1:26For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 1:27but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 1:28and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: 1:29that no flesh should glory before God. 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
