1 Corinthians 1
1 I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.
Paulus, berufen zum Apostel Jesu Christi durch den Willen Gottes, und Sosthenes, der Bruder,
2 [I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.
an die Gemeinde Gottes in Korinth. An die, die in Christus Jesus geheiligt und als Heilige berufen sind, samt allen, die den Namen unseres Herrn Jesus Christus anrufen an jedem Orte, bei ihnen und bei uns.
3 We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.
Gnade werde euch zuteil und Friede von Gott, unserem Vater, und von dem Herrn Jesus Christus!
4 I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.
Ich danke immerwährend meinem Gott um euretwillen wegen der Gnade Gottes, die euch verliehen ward in Christus Jesus.
5 That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.
Durch ihn seid ihr in allem reich geworden; in jedem Wort und in jeglicher Erkenntnis.
6 In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
So machtvoll ist das Zeugnis Christi unter euch geworden,
7 As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].
daß ihr an keiner Gnadengabe Mangel habt, die ihr auf die Offenbarung unseres Herrn Jesus Christus wartet.
8 God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].
Er wird euch bis ans Ende stärken, daß ihr am Tage der Wiederkunft unseres Herrn Jesus Christus ohne Tadel seid.
9 You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
Treu ist ja Gott, durch den ihr berufen worden seid zur Gemeinschaft mit seinem Sohne, unserem Herrn Jesus Christus.
10 My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.
Ich ermahne euch, liebe Brüder, im Namen unseres Herrn Jesus Christus: Führt alle dieselbe Sprache und duldet keine Spaltungen bei euch; seid vielmehr einig im gleichen Sinnen und im gleichen Denken.
11 My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
Von den Angehörigen der Chloe ward mir nämlich über euch, meine Brüder, mitgeteilt, daß bei euch Streitigkeiten herrschen.
12 That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”
Ich meine damit dies, daß der eine von euch sagt: "Ich halte mich an Paulus." Ein anderer: "Ich gehöre zu Apollos!" Und wieder einer: "Ich zu Kephas", oder: "Ich zu Christus."
13 [It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]
Ist Christus denn geteilt? Ist etwa Paulus für euch gekreuzigt worden; oder seid ihr auf des Paulus Namen hin getauft?
14 I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
Gott sei Dank, daß ich niemand aus euch getauft habe als den Krispus und den Gajus.
15 As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”
So kann niemand sagen, daß ihr auf meinen Namen getauft seid.
16 [Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
Doch, auch das Haus des Stephanas habe ich getauft; sonst wüßte ich aber niemand mehr, den ich getauft hätte.
17 Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.
Christus hat mich nämlich nicht gesandt zu taufen, vielmehr das Evangelium zu predigen, und dies nicht in geschwätziger Weisheit, sonst würde das Kreuz Christi ja seine Kraft verlieren.
18 Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].
Das Wort vom Kreuz ist nämlich denen Torheit, die verlorengehen, doch Gotteskraft für uns, die wir gerettet werden.
19 [It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.
Steht doch geschrieben: "Vernichten will ich der Weisen Weisheit und den Verstand Verständiger verwerfen."
20 So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)
Wo bleibt der Weise, wo der Schriftgelehrte und wo der Wortfechter dieser Welt? Hat Gott denn nicht die Weisheit der Welt zur Torheit werden lassen? (aiōn g165)
21 God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.
Nachdem die Welt Gott in der Weisheit Gottes mit ihrer Weisheit nicht erkannte, hat es Gott gefallen, gerade durch die Torheit der Predigt die, die da glauben wollen, zu retten.
22 The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.
Die Juden fordern Wunder, die Griechen suchen Weltweisheit,
23 As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.
wir aber verkünden einen Christus, den man gekreuzigt hat: den Juden zwar ein Ärgernis, den Griechen eine Torheit,
24 But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.
doch allen, die berufen sind, ob Jude oder Grieche, Christus als Gottes Kraft und Gottes Weisheit.
25 [Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.
Ist doch die Torheit Gottes weiser als die Menschen, die Schwachheit Gottes stärker als die Menschen.
26 My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.
Meine lieben Brüder, schaut doch hin, was für Leute unter uns berufen sind. Da gibt es nicht viele, die weise sind im Sinne der Welt, nicht viele Mächtige und Vornehme.
27 Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.
Sondern was der Welt als töricht gilt, hat Gott erwählt, um die Weisen zu beschämen; und was die Welt als schwach bezeichnet, hat Gott erwählt, um die Starken zu beschämen,
28 It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].
und was der Welt als niedrig und verächtlich gilt, ja, was ihr gar nichts gilt, hat Gott erwählt, um das, was etwas gilt, zu nichts zu machen.
29 [He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
So sollte kein Sterblicher vor Gott sich rühmen können.
30 It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].
Aus ihm aber habt ihr das Sein in Christus Jesus, der uns von Gott zur Weisheit wurde, zur Rechtfertigung, Heiligung und Erlösung.
31 So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].
Es sollte, wie es auch geschrieben steht, "wer sich rühmen will, im Herrn sich rühmen."
