1 Corinthians - 1

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

2 - Unto 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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 - Now 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.

11 - For 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.

12 - Now 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 - .

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

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

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

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

17 - For 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.

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

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

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

21 - For 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.

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

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

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

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

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

27 - But 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;

28 - And 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:

29 - That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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

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