1 Corinthians 1

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

Paul a called apostle of Christ Jesus through [the] will of God and Sosthenes the brother

2 to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, along with all those everywhere who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord —yes, theirs and yours:

To the church of God which is being in Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus called holy, together with all those calling on the name of the Lord of us Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs (then *k*) and ours:

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

Grace to you and peace from God Father of us and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

4 Concerning you, I always thank my God because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus;

I thank the God of mine always concerning you for the grace of God which having been given you in Christ Jesus

5 for in Him you were enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

for in everything you have been enriched in Him in all speech and in all knowledge,

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

even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed in you,

7 so that you lack no spiritual gift as you expectantly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

so as for you not to be lacking in not one gift eagerly awaiting the revelation of the Lord of us Jesus Christ;

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

who also will sustain you to [the] end blameless in the day of the Lord of us Jesus Christ.

9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Faithful [is] God, through whom you were called into fellowship with the Son of Him Jesus Christ the Lord of us.

10 Now I appeal to you, brothers, 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 restored to the same mind and to the same purpose.

I exhort now you, brothers, through the name of the Lord of us Jesus Christ that the same thing you may speak all and not there may be among you divisions, you may be however knit together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

11 You see, my brothers, it has been reported to me concerning you, by some from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.

It was shown for to me concerning you, brothers of mine, by those of Chloe that quarrels among you there are.

12 What I mean is that you are individually saying: “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ!”

I mean now this, that each of you says; I myself indeed am of Paul, I myself however of Apollos, I myself however of Cephas, I myself however of Christ.

13 Has Christ been divided? It was not Paul who was crucified for you, was it? You were not baptized into the name of Paul, were you?

Has been divided Christ? Surely not Paul was crucified for you? Or into the name of Paul were you baptized?

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

I thank God that no [one] of you I baptized only except Crispus and Gaius,

15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized into my own name.

so that not anyone may say that into my name (you were baptized. *N(K)O*)

16 O yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanus; besides them I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.

I baptized now also the of Stephanas household; as to the rest not I know whether any other I baptized.

17 Because Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the Gospel—not with eloquent ‘wisdom’, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of power.

Not for sent me Christ to baptize but to evangelise; not in wisdom of discourse, that not may be emptied of power the cross of the Christ.

18 The message of the cross, you see, is foolishness to those who are being wasted, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

The message for of the cross to those indeed perishing foolishness is, to those however being saved to us power of God it is.

19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and confound the shrewdness of the intelligent.”

It has been written for: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.

20 Where is the wise one? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)

Where [is the] wise? Where [the] scribe? Where [the] debater of the age this? Surely has made foolish God the wisdom of the world (this? *k*) (aiōn g165)

21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its ‘wisdom’ did not get to know God, it pleased God to save the believing ones through the ‘foolishness’ of what was preached—

Since for in the wisdom of God not knew the world through the wisdom God, was pleased God through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those believing;

22 since Jews request a sign while Greeks seek after wisdom,

Seeing that both Jews (signs *N(K)O*) ask for and Greeks wisdom seek,

23 but we proclaim a crucified Christ: an offense to Jews, foolishness to Greeks.

we ourselves however preach Christ crucified, to [the] Jews indeed a stumbling block (to Gentiles *N(K)O*) however foolishness

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

to them however to those called, Jews both and to Greeks, Christ of God [the] power and of God [the] wisdom.

25 because the ‘foolishness’ of God is wiser than men, and the ‘weakness’ of God is stronger than men.

For the foolishness of God wiser than men is and the weakness of God stronger than men (is. *k*)

26 Just look at your calling, brothers: not many are wise, not many are powerful, not many are of noble birth, by human standards;

Consider for the calling of you, brothers, that not many wise according to flesh [were], not many powerful, not many of noble birth,

27 but God has chosen the foolish things of the world that He might put the wise to shame, and God has chosen the weak things of the world that He might put the strong things to shame;

But the foolish things of the world has chosen God that He may shame the wise and the weak things of the world chose God that He may shame the strong,

28 and God has chosen the lowly things of the world and the despised things—even the ‘nothings’—that He might nullify the ‘somethings’;

and the low-born of the world and the [things] despised chose God, (and *ko*) the [things] not being, that the [things] being He may annul,

29 so that no flesh should boast in God's presence.

so that not may boast all flesh before (God. *N(K)O*)

30 It is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God—also righteousness and sanctification and redemption—

Out of Him however you yourselves are in Christ Jesus, who has been made wisdom unto us from God, righteousness and also sanctification and redemption,

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

in order that even as it has been written: The [one] boasting in [the] Lord he should boast.