1 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

2 to the congregation of God that is at Corinth, to called men, to holy men who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus with all in every place who call upon the name of our the Lord Jesus Christ-both ours and theirs.

To 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:

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I thank my God always about you, for the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

5 that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all speech and in all knowledge.

That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

6 Just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,

Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

7 so that ye come behind in not one gift, waiting for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

8 who will also confirm you until the end, irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who shall also confirm you to the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 God is faithful through whom ye were called for the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

God is faithful, by whom ye were called to the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and there be no divisions among you, but ye may be thoroughly prepared in the same mind and in the same understanding.

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 was declared to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For it hath been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by them who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 Now I say this. That each of you actually say, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

Now this I say, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

13 Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you, or were ye immersed in the name of Paul?

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

14 I thank God that I immersed none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

15 lest some man should say that I immersed in my name.

Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name.

16 And I also immersed the household of Stephanas. Besides, I know not whether I immersed any other.

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

17 For Christ sent me not to immerse, but to preach the good news, not in wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ would be emptied.

For Christ hath not sent me to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

18 For the message of the cross is of course foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is a power of God.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will frustrate the understanding of those of understanding.

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 a wise man? Where is a scholar? Where is a researcher of this age? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)

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? (aiōn g165)

21 For since in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through its wisdom, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

For when 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 And because Jews demand a sign and Greeks search for wisdom,

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek wisdom:

23 but we proclaim Christ crucified, it is truly to Jews a stumbling-block and to Gentiles foolishness.

But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumblingblock, and to the Greeks foolishness;

24 But to them, to the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

But to them who 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 weak thing of God is stronger than men.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent.

For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

27 But God chose the foolish things of the world, so that he might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, so that he might humiliate the powerful.

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 God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are,

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

29 so that no flesh may boast before God.

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

30 But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who from God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

31 so that, just as it is written, He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.