1Corinthians 1:27 - Prayer Tents



Share: Select All button

Previous ChapterNext ChapterReduce Font SizeIncrease Font Size
1Corinthians 1
Good News Translation Help
1From Paul, who was called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes -G3972G2822G652G2424G5547G1223G2307G2316G2532G4988G80
2To the church of God which is in Corinth, to all who are called to be God's holy people, who belong to him in union with Christ Jesus, together with all people everywhere who worship our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:G1577G2316G3588G5607G1722G2882G37G1722G5547G2424G2822G40G4862G3956G1722G3956G5117G1941G3686G2424G5547G2257G2962G5037G846G2532G2257
3May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G5547

Blessings in Christ

4I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace he has given you through Christ Jesus.G2168G3450G2316G3842G4012G5216G4012G1909G5485G2316G3588G1325G5213G1722G2424G5547
5For in union with Christ you have become rich in all things, including all speech and all knowledge.G3754G1722G3956G4148G1722G846G1722G3956G3056G2532G3956G1108
6The message about Christ has become so firmly established in youG2531G3142G5547G950G1722G5213
7that you have not failed to receive a single blessing, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.G5620G5209G5302G1722G3361G3367G5486G553G602G2257G2962G2424G5547
8He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be faultless on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.G3739G950G2532G950G5209G2193G5056G410G1722G2250G2257G2962G2424G5547
9God is to be trusted, the God who called you to have fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.G2316G4103G1223G3739G2564G1519G2842G846G5207G2424G5547G2257G2962

Divisions in the Church

10By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my friends, to agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be completely united, with only one thought and one purpose.G1161G3870G5209G80G1223G3686G2257G2962G2424G5547G2443G3004G3956G3004G846G2532G5600G3361G4978G1722G5213G1161G5600G2675G1722G846G3563G2532G1722G846G1106
11For some people from Chloe's family have told me quite plainly, my friends, that there are quarrels among you.G1063G1213G3427G4012G5216G3450G80G5259G3588G5514G3754G1526G2054G1722G5213
12Let me put it this way: each one of you says something different. One says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Peter"; and another, "I follow Christ."G1161G5124G3004G3754G1538G5216G3004G1473G3303G1510G3972G1161G1473G625G1161G1473G2786G1161G1473G5547
13Christ has been divided into groups! Was it Paul who died on the cross for you? Were you baptized as Paul's disciples?G3307G5547G3307G3361G4717G3972G4717G5228G5216G2228G907G1519G3686G3972
14I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius.G2168G2316G3754G907G3762G5216G1508G2921G2532G1050
15No one can say, then, that you were baptized as my disciples.G3363G5100G2036G3754G907G1519G1699G3686
16(Oh yes, I also baptized Stephanas and his family; but I can't remember whether I baptized anyone else.)G1161G907G2532G3624G4734G3063G1492G3756G907G1536G243
17Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good News, and to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to make sure that Christ's death on the cross is not robbed of its power.G1063G5547G649G3165G3756G907G235G2097G3756G1722G4678G3056G3363G4716G5547G2758

Christ the Power and the Wisdom of God

18For the message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God's power.G1063G3056G4716G2076G3303G622G3472G1161G2254G4982G2076G1411G2316
19The scripture says, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and set aside the understanding of the scholars."G1063G1125G622G4678G4680G2532G114G4907G4908
20So then, where does that leave the wise? or the scholars? or the skillful debaters of this world? God has shown that this world's wisdom is foolishness!G4226G4680G4226G1122G4226G4804G5127G165G3471G3780G2316G3471G4678G5127G2889
21For God in his wisdom made it impossible for people to know him by means of their own wisdom. Instead, by means of the so-called "foolish" message we preach, God decided to save those who believe.G1063G1894G1722G4678G2316G2889G1223G4678G1097G3756G2316G2106G2316G1223G3472G2782G4982G4100
22Jews want miracles for proof, and Greeks look for wisdom.G2532G1894G2453G154G4592G2532G1672G2212G4678
23As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles;G1161G2249G2784G5547G4717G2453G3303G4625G1161G1672G3472
24but for those whom God has called, both Jews and Gentiles, this message is Christ, who is the power of God and the wisdom of God.G1161G846G3588G2822G5037G2453G2532G1672G5547G1411G2316G2532G4678G2316
25For what seems to be God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and what seems to be God's weakness is stronger than human strength.G3754G3474G2316G2076G4680G444G2532G772G2316G2076G2478G444
26Now remember what you were, my friends, when God called you. From the human point of view few of you were wise or powerful or of high social standing.G1063G991G5216G2821G80G3754G3756G4183G4680G2596G4561G3756G4183G1415G3756G4183G2104
27God purposely chose what the world considers nonsense in order to shame the wise, and he chose what the world considers weak in order to shame the powerful.G235G2316G1586G3474G2889G2443G2617G4680G2532G2316G1586G772G2889G2443G2617G2478
28He chose what the world looks down on and despises and thinks is nothing, in order to destroy what the world thinks is important.G2532G36G2889G2532G1848G1586G2316G1586G2532G3588G5607G3361G2443G2673G5607
29This means that no one can boast in God's presence.G3704G3361G3956G4561G2744G1799G846
30But God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus, and God has made Christ to be our wisdom. By him we are put right with God; we become God's holy people and are set free.G1161G1537G846G2075G5210G1722G5547G2424G3739G575G2316G1096G2254G5037G4678G1343G2532G38G2532G629
31So then, as the scripture says, "Whoever wants to boast must boast of what the Lord has done."G2443G2531G1125G2744G2744G1722G2962


Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
Old Testament
  • 25. Lamentations (5)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 29. Joel (3)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 31. Obadiah (1)
  • 1
  • 34. Nahum (3)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 35. Habakkuk (3)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 36. Zephaniah (3)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 37. Haggai (2)
  • 1
  • 2

New Testament
  • 50. Philippians (4)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 51. Colossians (4)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 52. 1 Thessalonians (5)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 53. 2 Thessalonians (3)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 55. 2 Timothy (4)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 56. Titus (3)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 57. Philemon (1)
  • 1
  • 61. 2 Peter (3)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 63. 2 John (1)
  • 1
  • 64. 3 John (1)
  • 1
  • 65. Jude (1)
  • 1
Please login to see history of your searches
Table of Contents
Hide Subtitles
Hide Footnotes
Spacing: 0 1 2 3
Verse Numbers Toggle
Strong Numbers Toggle
Info Language ArrowReturn to top