1 Corinthians 1

1 This letter comes from Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the will of God, and from Sosthenes, our brother.

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

2 It is sent to the church of God in Corinth, those who are being made right in Christ Jesus, called to live holy lives—and to everyone who worships the Lord Jesus Christ everywhere, the Lord both of them and of us.

unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours:

3 May you have grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

4 I'm always thanking God for you because of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus.

I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

5 Through him you have been made rich in everything, in all that you say and every aspect of what you know.

that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;

6 In fact the testimony of Christ was proved valid in your experience,

even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

7 so that you're not missing any spiritual gift as you wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

8 He will also keep you strong to the very end, so you will be kept right until the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.

who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 God is trustworthy who called you to share together in fellowship with his son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

10 Brothers and sisters, I plead with you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all agree and that you're not divided. Instead develop a united attitude and purpose.

Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

11 For I have been told things about you, my brothers and sisters, by some of Chloe's people—that you are quarreling among yourselves.

For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them [which are of the household] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 Let me explain what I mean. You're all making different claims: “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,” or “I follow Christ.”

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

13 Is Christ divided? Did Paul die on a cross for you? Was it in the name of Paul that you were baptized?

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

14 I'm grateful to God that I didn't baptize any of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

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

15 so nobody can claim they were baptized in my name.

lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name.

16 (Oh, and I also baptized the Stephanas family—I can't think of anyone else.)

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

17 For Christ didn't send me out to baptize, but to spread the good news, and not with eloquent human wisdom, otherwise the cross of Christ would be made powerless.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

18 For the message of the cross is nonsense to those who are lost, but it's the power of God to those of us who are saved.

For the word of the cross is to them that are perishing foolishness; but unto us which are being saved it is the power of God.

19 As Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will wipe out the cleverness of the clever.”

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the prudence of the prudent will I reject.

20 So how about the wise, the writers, and the philosophers of this age? Hasn't God turned the wisdom of this world into foolishness? (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 the world? (aiōn g165)

21 Since God in his wisdom allowed the world in its wisdom not to know God, it was God's gracious plan that by the foolishness of the good news those who trusted in him would be saved.

For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

22 The Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,

Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

23 but our message is of Christ killed on a cross—offensive to the Jews, and foolishness to the foreigners.

but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

24 However, for those who are called by God, both Jews and foreigners, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

but unto them that 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 we are; and the weakness of God is stronger than we are.

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

26 Brothers and sisters, remember your calling—and that this did not include many who are wise, humanly speaking; not many who are powerful; not many who are important.

For behold your calling, brethren, how that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:

27 Instead God chose the things the world considers foolish to humiliate those who think they are wise. He chose the things the world considers weak to humiliate those who think they are strong.

but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

28 He chose the things that are unimportant and despised by the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

29 so that nobody should boast in God's presence.

that no flesh should glory before God.

30 It's because of him that you live in Christ Jesus, who God made to be wisdom for us. He sets us right, keeps us right, and frees us.

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

31 So as Scripture says, “Whoever wants to boast, let them boast in the Lord.”

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