1 Corinthians Chapter
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 their's and
our's:
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.
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
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:
23But 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.
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