1 Corinthians 1

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

PAUL, a called apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes a brother,

2 To 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:

to the church of God which is at Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, to the called saints, with all those who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both their’s and our’s:

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

grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.

I give thanks to my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which hath been given you in Christ Jesus;

5 For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

that in every thing ye have been enriched by him, in all utterance, and all knowledge;

6 because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.

thus the testimony of Jesus hath been confirmed among you:

7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

so that ye have not been deficient in any gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:

8 He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

who shall confirm you to the end blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Faithful is God, by whom ye have been called into communion with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

Now I conjure you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be perfectly united together in the same mind and the same sentiment.

11 My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”

Now this I observe, that one and another of you saith, I am indeed of Paul; but I of Apollos; but I of Cephas; but I am of Christ.

13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptised into the name of Paul?

14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

I thank God that I baptised none of you, except Crispus and Gaius;

15 so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

that no man might say, I baptised into my own name.

16 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.

And I also baptised the household of Stephanus: besides these, I know not if I baptised any other person.

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

For Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of discourse, lest the cross of Christ should be slighted.

18 For 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.

For the discourse, the subject of which is the cross, is indeed to those who perish, folly; 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; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent will I make useless.”

20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (aiōn g165)

Where is the sophist? where is the scribe? where is the inquisitive searcher after this world’s wisdom? hath not God turned into folly the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)

21 For 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.

for since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

22 Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

For the Jews demand a miracle, and the Greeks seek wisdom:

23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews indeed an offence, and to the Greeks folly;

24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

but to those who are called, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

For this foolishness of God is wiser than men; and this weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many fleshly wise, not many men in power, not many men of high birth, are called:

27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

but the foolish things of this world hath God elected, that he might confound the wise; and the feeble things of the world hath God elected, that he might confound the mighty;

28 He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

and the ignoble things of the world, and the despicable, hath God elected, and the things that are not, to bring to nought the things which are,

29 so that no one may boast in His presence.

that no flesh should glory in his presence.

30 It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

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

31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

that, as it is written, “He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”