Paul,
called to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus
By
the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
2
To the Church of God in Corinth,
TO
THOSE SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST JESUS
AND
CALLED TO BE HOLY,
Together
with all those everywhere
Who
call on the Name of our lord Jesus Christ—
Their
Lord and ours:
3
Grace and Peace to you from God our Father
And
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving
4 I
always thank God for you
Because
of His Grace given you In Christ Jesus.
5
FOR IN HIM YOU HAVE BEEN ENRICHED IN EVERY WAY--
IN
ALL YOUR SPEAKING AND IN ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE--
6
BECAUSE OUR TESTIMONY ABOUT CHRIST
WAS
CONFIRMED IN YOU.
7
THEREFORE YOU DO NOT LACK ANY SPIRITUAL GIFT
AS
YOU EAGERLY WAIT
FOR
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO BE REVEALED.
8
HE WILL KEEP YOU STRONG TO THE END,
SO
THAT YOU WILL BE BLAMELESS
ON
THE DAY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
9
God, who has called you into Fellowship
With
His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is Faithful.
Divisions
In The Church
10
I appeal to you, brothers, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
That
all of you agree with one another
So
that there may be no Divisions among you
And
that you may be Perfectly United in Mind and Thought.
11
My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me
That
the are are Quarrels among you.
12
What I mean is this:
One
of you says, 'I follow Paul';
Another,
'I follow Apollos”;
Another,
'I follow Cephas';
Still
another, 'I follow Christ.'
13
IS CHRIST DIVIDED?
Was
Paul crucified for yo?
Were
you Baptized into the Name of Paur?
14
I am thankful that I did not Baptize any of you
Except
Crispus and Gaius,
15
So no one can say that you were Baptized into my name.
16
(Yes, I also Baptized the household of Stephanas;
Beyond
that, I don't remember if I Baptized anyone else.)
17
For Christ did not send me to baptize,
But
to Preach the Gospel--
NOT
WITH WORDS OF HUMAN WISDOM,
LEST
THE CROSS OF CHRIST BE EMPTIED OF ITS POWER.
Christ
The Wisdom And Power Of God
18
FOR THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS FOOLISHNESS
TO
THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING,
BUT
TO US WHO ARE BEING SAVED
IT
IS THE POWER OF GOD.
19
For it is written:
'I
will Destroy the Wisdom of the Wise;
The
Intelligence of the Intelligent I will frustrate.'
20
WHERE IS THE WISE MAN?
WHERE
IS THE SCHOLAR?
WHERE
IS THE PHILOSOPHER OF THIS AGE?
HAS
NOT GOD MADE FOOLISH THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD?
21
For since in the Wisdom of God
The
World through its Wisdom did not know Him,
God
was Pleased through the Foolishness
Of
what was Preached to Save those who believe.
22
Jews demand Miraculous Signs
And
Greeks look for Wisdom,
23
BUT WE PREACH CHRSIT CRUCIFIED:
A
STUMBLING BLOCK TO JEWS
AND
FOOLISHNESS TO GENTILES,
24
BUT TO THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CALLED,
BOTH
JEWS AND GREEKS,
CHRIST
IS THE POWER OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD.
25
FOR THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD
IS
WISER THAN MAN'S WISDOM,
AND
THE WEAKNESS OF GOD
IS
STRONGER THAN MAN'S STRENGTH.
26
Brothers, think of what you were when you were Called.
Not
many of you were Wise by human standards;
Not
many were Influential;
Not
many were of Noble Birth.
27
BUT GOD CHOSE THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD
TO
SHAME THE WISE;
GOD
CHOSE THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD
TO
SHAME THE STRONG.
28
HE CHOSE THE LOWLY THINGS OF THIS WORLD
AND THE
DESPISED THINGS--AND THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT--
TO NULLIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE,
29
SO THAT NO ONE MAY BOAST BEFORE HIM.
30
IT IS BECAUSE OF HIM
THAT
YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS,
WHO
HAS BECOME FOR US WISDOM FROM GOD--
THAT
IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS AND REDEMPTION,
31
Therefore, as it is written:
'LET
HIM WHO BOASTS BOAST IN THE LORD.'
(1
Corinthians 1:1-31)
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