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 an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and brother Sosthenes,

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.

to the church of God being in Corinth, to the sanctified in Christ Jesus, to the called saints, along with all who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs 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 give thanks to my God always in your behalf, for the grace of God given unto 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.

because in everything you are enriched in him, in all speech and in all knowledge;

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

as the testimony of Christ is 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 you are deficient in no spiritual gift; awaiting 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 will also establish you unblamable unto the end 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 you have been called unto the fellowship of His Son our Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

But I exhort you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you may all speak the same things, and that there may be no schisms among you; but you may be perfected in the same mind and in the same disposition.

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 has been revealed to me concerning you, my brethren, by those who are of the house 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.”

And I say this, that each one says, I indeed 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 you baptized in 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, except Crispus and Gaius;

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

in order that no one may say that you are baptized in my name.

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

But I baptized also the family of Stephanas: besides, I know not if 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 with the wisdom of speech, in order that the cross of Christ may not be made of none effect.

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 foolishness indeed to those who are lost; but to those who are 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 has been written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nought the understanding of the intelligent.

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 man? where is the scribe? where is the investigator of this age? has not God rendered the wisdom of the world foolishness? (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 since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

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

Since indeed the Jews ask for miracles, and the 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 having been crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and to the 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 to you 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 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 you see your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many influential, not many high-born:

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 has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may confound the 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 God has chosen the base-born of the world, and those of no reputation, the things which are not, that He may set at nought the things which are,

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

in order that no flesh can boast in the sight of 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 of God was made unto us wisdom, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

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

in order that, as it has been written, Let him that glorieth glory in the Lord.