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. |