1 Corinthians 1

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

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

2 to the Assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called holy ones, with all those calling on the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place—both theirs and ours:

to the Church of God at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all, wherever they are, who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

3 Grace to you 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 give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

I am always thanking God on your behalf, for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus;

5 that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all discourse and all knowledge,

that in everything you have been enriched in him, in all speech, and in all knowledge

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

(for thus my witness for Christ was confirmed among you);

7 so that you are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

so that you lack no divine gift, while you are waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

8 who also will confirm you to the end—unblamable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ;

He will also keep you perfectly stedfast unto the end, so that you will be unreprovable in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 faithful [is] God, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Faithful is the God by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 And I call on you, brothers, through the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing you may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and you may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

Now I beg you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to speak in accord, all of you, and to have no divisions among you, but to be knit together in a common mind and temper.

11 for it was signified to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that contentions are among you;

For it has been plainly told me concerning you, my brothers, by Chloe’s people, that there are dissensions among you.

12 and I say this, that each one of you says, “I, indeed, am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.”

I mean by this that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul"; another, "I of Apollos"; another, "I of Cephas"; another, "I of Christ."

13 Has the Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you immersed into the name of Paul?

Has Christ been divided? Paul, was he crucified for you? or was it into the name of Paul that you were baptized?

14 I give thanks to God that I immersed no one of you, except Crispus and Gaius—

I am thankful to God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

15 that no one may say that to my own name I immersed;

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

16 and I also immersed Stephanas’ household—further, I have not known if I immersed any other.

Yes, I did baptize the house of Stephanas also, but I do not think I baptized any one else.

17 For Christ did not send me to immerse, but to proclaim good news, not in wisdom of discourse, that the Cross of the Christ may not be made of no effect;

For Christ did not think I baptized any one else. For Christ did not send me forth to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel; and that not in philosophic words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made an empty thing.

18 for the word of the Cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us—those being saved—it is the power of God,

For the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.

19 for it has been written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nothing”;

For thus it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the philosophers, And the prudence of the prudent will I confound.

20 where [is] the wise? Where the scribe? Where a disputer of this age? Did God not make foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)

Sage, rabbi, skeptic of this present age - where are they all? Has not God made foolish the philosophy of the world? (aiōn g165)

21 For seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.

For when, in the wisdom of God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save those who believe.

22 Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,

Jews continue to ask for miracles and Greeks are ever wanting philosophy,

23 also we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

but we come preaching a crucified Messiah - to Jews a stumbling- block, to Greeks foolishness,

24 and to those called—both Jews and Greeks—Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God,

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

25 because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 for see your calling, brothers, that not many [are] wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

For consider your own calling, brothers, that not many wise in earthly wisdom, not many powerful, not many of noble birth, have been called.

27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that He may put the wise to shame; and God chose the weak things of the world that He may put the strong to shame;

No, God has chosen the world’s folly to confound its philosophy; and the world’s weakness to confound its strength.

28 and God chose the base things of the world, and the things despised, and the things that are not, that He may make useless the things that are—

The world’s base things has God chosen, and the things that are not, to bring to naught the things that are;

29 that no flesh may glory before Him;

so that no mortal man should glory in his presence.

30 but out of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

It is of him that you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

31 that, according as it has been written: “He who is glorying—let him glory in the LORD.”

so that as Scripture says, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.