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, the 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 congregation of God which is in Corinth, sanctified by Christ Jesus, called saints; with all, in every place, who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

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

favor and peace be with you from God our Father, and from the 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 in respect of you; on account of the favor of God, which was given to you through Jesus Christ;

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

that you were enriched with every gift, by him; even with all speech, and all knowledge,

6 because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.

just as the testimony of Christ was 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 you come behind in no gift, waiting for the full manifestation 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 will confirm you till the end, without accusation 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.

God is faithful, by whom you have been called into the fellowship of 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, brethren, I beseech you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that you be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

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

For it has been been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by some 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.”

And I mention this, that each of you says, I, indeed, am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I 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 you immersed into the name of Paul?

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

I give thanks to God that I immersed none of you except Crispus and Gaius;

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

lest any one should say that I immersed 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 immersed also the family of Stephanus: besides, I know not whether I immersed any other.

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 did not send me to immerse, but to proclaim the glad tidings; not, however, with wisdom of speech, that the cross of Christ might not be deprived of its efficacy.

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 this doctrine (the doctrine of the cross) is, indeed, foolishness to the destroyed; 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.”

Therefore, it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will set aside the knowledge of the prudent."

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 wise man? where the scribe? where the disputers of this world? Has not God shown the wisdom of this world to be folly? (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, when, in the wisdom of God, the world, through wisdom, knew not God, it pleased God, through the foolishness of this proclamation, to save them who believe.

22 Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

And though the Jews demand a sign, and the Greeks seek wisdom;

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

yet we proclaim a crucified Christ: to the Jews, indeed, a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness:

24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ 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 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the 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 you see the calling of you, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

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 God has chosen the foolish of the world to put the wise to shame; and the weak God has chosen to put the strong to shame;

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

the ignoble of the world, and the despised, God has chosen; nay, those that are nothing, to reduce to nothing those that are;

29 so that no one may boast in His presence.

that not flesh might boast 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.

Of him, therefore, you are in Christ Jesus, who is become to us wisdom from God, justification, also, and sanctification, and redemption.

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

So that, as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord."