Sept. 5
1 Corinthians 1
1Co 1:1 Paul, called to
be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our
brother Sosthenes,
1Co 1:2 to the assembly
of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus,
called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
1Co 1:3 Grace to you
and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 1:4 I always thank
my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in
Christ Jesus;
1Co 1:5 that in
everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;
1Co 1:6 even as the
testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
1Co 1:7 so that you
come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus
Christ;
1Co 1:8 who will also
confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
1Co 1:9 God is
faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his
Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
1Co 1:10 Now I beg you,
brothers, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same
judgment.
1Co 1:11 For it has
been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are
from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
1Co 1:12 Now I mean
this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I
follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I
follow Christ."
1Co 1:13 Is Christ
divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the
name of Paul?
1Co 1:14 I thank God
that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
1Co 1:15 so that no one
should say that I had baptized you into my own name.
1Co 1:16 (I also
baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don't know
whether I baptized any other.)
1Co 1:17 For Christ
sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News--not in wisdom of
words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void.
1Co 1:18 For the word
of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are
saved it is the power of God.
1Co 1:19 For it is
written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring
the discernment of the discerning to nothing."
1Co 1:20 Where is the
wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn't
God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1Co 1:21 For seeing
that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn't know
God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the
preaching to save those who believe.
1Co 1:22 For Jews ask
for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
1Co 1:23 but we preach
Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to
Greeks,
1Co 1:24 but to those
who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and
the wisdom of God.
1Co 1:25 Because the
foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is
stronger than men.
1Co 1:26 For you see
your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the
flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
1Co 1:27 but God chose
the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who
are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put
to shame the things that are strong;
1Co 1:28 and God chose
the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and
the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things
that are:
1Co 1:29 that no flesh
should boast before God.
1Co 1:30 But of him,
you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and
righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
1Co 1:31 that,
according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the
Lord."