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.