1Corinthians 1 - Prayer Tents

1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,G3972G2822G652G2424G5547G1223G2307G2316G2532G4988G802To 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:G1577G2316G3588G5607G1722G2882G37G1722G5547G2424G2822G40G4862G3956G1722G3956G5117G1941G3686G2424G5547G2257G2962G5037G846G2532G22573Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G5547

Thanksgiving

4I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.G2168G3450G2316G3842G4012G5216G4012G1909G5485G2316G3588G1325G5213G1722G2424G55475For in him you have been enriched in every way—in all your speaking and in all your knowledge—G3754G1722G3956G4148G1722G846G1722G3956G3056G2532G3956G11086because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.G2531G3142G5547G950G1722G52137Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.G5620G5209G5302G1722G3361G3367G5486G553G602G2257G2962G2424G55478He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.G3739G950G2532G950G5209G2193G5056G410G1722G2250G2257G2962G2424G55479God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.G2316G4103G1223G3739G2564G1519G2842G846G5207G2424G5547G2257G2962

A Church Divided Over Leaders

10I 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.G1161G3870G5209G80G1223G3686G2257G2962G2424G5547G2443G3004G3956G3004G846G2532G5600G3361G4978G1722G5213G1161G5600G2675G1722G846G3563G2532G1722G846G110611My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.G1063G1213G3427G4012G5216G3450G80G5259G3588G5514G3754G1526G2054G1722G521312What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas"; still another, "I follow Christ."G1161G5124G3004G3754G1538G5216G3004G1473G3303G1510G3972G1161G1473G625G1161G1473G2786G1161G1473G554713Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?G3307G5547G3307G3361G4717G3972G4717G5228G5216G2228G907G1519G3686G397214I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,G2168G2316G3754G907G3762G5216G1508G2921G2532G105015so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.G3363G5100G2036G3754G907G1519G1699G368616(Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.)G1161G907G2532G3624G4734G3063G1492G3756G907G1536G24317For 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.G1063G5547G649G3165G3756G907G235G2097G3756G1722G4678G3056G3363G4716G5547G2758

Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom

18For 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.G1063G3056G4716G2076G3303G622G3472G1161G2254G4982G2076G1411G231619For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."G1063G1125G622G4678G4680G2532G114G4907G490820Where 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?G4226G4680G4226G1122G4226G4804G5127G165G3471G3780G2316G3471G4678G5127G288921For 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.G1063G1894G1722G4678G2316G2889G1223G4678G1097G3756G2316G2106G2316G1223G3472G2782G4982G410022Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom,G2532G1894G2453G154G4592G2532G1672G2212G467823but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,G1161G2249G2784G5547G4717G2453G3303G4625G1161G1672G347224but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.G1161G846G3588G2822G5037G2453G2532G1672G5547G1411G2316G2532G4678G231625For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.G3754G3474G2316G2076G4680G444G2532G772G2316G2076G2478G44426Brothers, 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.G1063G991G5216G2821G80G3754G3756G4183G4680G2596G4561G3756G4183G1415G3756G4183G210427But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.G235G2316G1586G3474G2889G2443G2617G4680G2532G2316G1586G772G2889G2443G2617G247828He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,G2532G36G2889G2532G1848G1586G2316G1586G2532G3588G5607G3361G2443G2673G560729so that no one may boast before him.G3704G3361G3956G4561G2744G1799G84630It 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.G1161G1537G846G2075G5210G1722G5547G2424G3739G575G2316G1096G2254G5037G4678G1343G2532G38G2532G62931Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."G2443G2531G1125G2744G2744G1722G2962