1Corinthians 1

Greeting

1Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,G3972G2822G652G2424G5547G1223G2307G2316G2532G4988G802To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:G1577G2316G3588G5607G1722G2882G37G1722G5547G2424G2822G40G4862G3956G1722G3956G5117G1941G3686G2424G5547G2257G2962G5037G846G2532G22573Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G5547

Spiritual Gifts at Corinth

4I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus,G2168G3450G2316G3842G4012G5216G4012G1909G5485G2316G3588G1325G5213G1722G2424G55475that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge,G3754G1722G3956G4148G1722G846G1722G3956G3056G2532G3956G11086even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,G2531G3142G5547G950G1722G52137so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,G5620G5209G5302G1722G3361G3367G5486G553G602G2257G2962G2424G55478who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.G3739G950G2532G950G5209G2193G5056G410G1722G2250G2257G2962G2424G55479God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.G2316G4103G1223G3739G2564G1519G2842G846G5207G2424G5547G2257G2962

Sectarianism Is Sin

10Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.G1161G3870G5209G80G1223G3686G2257G2962G2424G5547G2443G3004G3956G3004G846G2532G5600G3361G4978G1722G5213G1161G5600G2675G1722G846G3563G2532G1722G846G110611For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.G1063G1213G3427G4012G5216G3450G80G5259G3588G5514G3754G1526G2054G1722G521312Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," or "I am of Apollos," or "I am of Cephas," or "I am of Christ."G1161G5124G3004G3754G1538G5216G3004G1473G3303G1510G3972G1161G1473G625G1161G1473G2786G1161G1473G554713Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?G3307G5547G3307G3361G4717G3972G4717G5228G5216G2228G907G1519G3686G397214I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,G2168G2316G3754G907G3762G5216G1508G2921G2532G105015lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.G3363G5100G2036G3754G907G1519G1699G368616Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other.G1161G907G2532G3624G4734G3063G1492G3756G907G1536G24317For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.G1063G5547G649G3165G3756G907G235G2097G3756G1722G4678G3056G3363G4716G5547G2758

Christ the Power and Wisdom of God

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, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."G1063G1125G622G4678G4680G2532G114G4907G490820Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?G4226G4680G4226G1122G4226G4804G5127G165G3471G3780G2316G3471G4678G5127G288921For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.G1063G1894G1722G4678G2316G2889G1223G4678G1097G3756G2316G2106G2316G1223G3472G2782G4982G410022For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;G2532G1894G2453G154G4592G2532G1672G2212G467823but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,G1161G2249G2784G5547G4717G2453G3303G4625G1161G1672G347224but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.G1161G846G3588G2822G5037G2453G2532G1672G5547G1411G2316G2532G4678G231625Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.G3754G3474G2316G2076G4680G444G2532G772G2316G2076G2478G444

Glory Only in the Lord

26For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.G1063G991G5216G2821G80G3754G3756G4183G4680G2596G4561G3756G4183G1415G3756G4183G210427But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;G235G2316G1586G3474G2889G2443G2617G4680G2532G2316G1586G772G2889G2443G2617G247828and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,G2532G36G2889G2532G1848G1586G2316G1586G2532G3588G5607G3361G2443G2673G560729that no flesh should glory in His presence.G3704G3361G3956G4561G2744G1799G84630But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—G1161G1537G846G2075G5210G1722G5547G2424G3739G575G2316G1096G2254G5037G4678G1343G2532G38G2532G62931that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the LORD."G2443G2531G1125G2744G2744G1722G2962