I Corinthians 1

¹Paul, a called apostle of Christ Jesus, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

²to the church of God which is at Corinth, the sanctified in Christ Jesus, called, holy, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours;

³grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴I ever thank my God for you, on account of the grace of God bestowed upon you in Christ Jesus;

⁵that in him ye were enriched in everything, in all utterance, and all knowledge,

⁶as the testimony of Christ was established among you;

⁷so that ye come behind in no gift, while waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁸who will also make you steadfast to the end, so that ye may be without blame in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁰But I beseech you, brethren, by 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 perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgment.

¹¹For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are dissensions among you.

¹²What I mean is this, that each of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

¹³Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized the name of Paul?

¹⁴I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

¹⁵that no one may say that ye were baptized into my name.

¹⁶And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; I am not aware that I baptized any one besides.

¹⁷For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

¹⁸For the preaching of the cross is to those who are perishing, foolishness, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.

¹⁹For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nought the discernment of the discerning."

²⁰Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by its wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe;

²²since even Jews ask for signs, and the Greeks seek for wisdom;

²³but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to gentiles foolishness,

²⁴but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶For consider, brethren, who ye are that have been called; not many wise men after the fashion of the world, not many mighty, not many noble;

²⁷but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong;

²⁸and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;

²⁹that no flesh might glory before God.

³⁰But from him it is that ye are in Christ Jesus, who from God was made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption;

³¹that, according as it is written, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

I Corinthians 1

¹Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

²Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

³Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

⁵That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

⁶Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

⁷So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

⁸Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁰Now I beseech you, brethren, by 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 perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

¹¹For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

¹²Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

¹³Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

¹⁴I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

¹⁵Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

¹⁶And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

¹⁷For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

¹⁸For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

²⁰Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²¹For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

²²For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

²³But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

²⁴But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

²⁷But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

²⁸And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

²⁹That no flesh should glory in his presence.

³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

³¹That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.