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CHAPTER 1

Paul,

called to be

an apostle

of Christ

Jesus

by

the will

of God,

and

our

brother

Sosthenes,

To the

church

of God

in

Corinth,

to those sanctified

in

Christ

Jesus

and called

to be holy,

together with

all

those

everywhere

who call on

the

name

of our

Lord

Jesus

Christ,

their Lord

and

ours:

Grace

and

peace

to you

from

God

our

Father

and

the Lord

Jesus

Christ.

I always thank

my

God

for

you

because of

the

grace

He

has given

you

in

Christ

Jesus.

For

in

Him

you have been enriched

in

every way,

in

all

speech

and

all

knowledge,

because

our

testimony

about

Christ

was confirmed

in

you.

Therefore

you

do not lack

any

spiritual gift

as you eagerly await

the

revelation

of our

Lord

Jesus

Christ.

He

will sustain

you

to

the end,

so that you will be blameless

on

the

day

of our

Lord

Jesus

Christ.

God,

who

has called you

into

fellowship

with His

Son

Jesus

Christ

our

Lord,

is faithful.

I appeal

to you,

brothers,

in

the

name

of our

Lord

Jesus

Christ,

that

all of

you agree together,

so that

there may be

no

divisions

among

you

and that

you may be

united

in

mind

and

conviction.

My

brothers,

some

from Chloe’s household

have informed

me

that

there are

quarrels

among

you.

What I mean

is this:

Individuals

among you

are saying,

“I

follow

Paul,”

“I

follow Apollos,”

“I

follow Cephas,”

or

“I

follow Christ.”

Is Christ

divided?

Was Paul

crucified

for

you?

Were you baptized

into

the

name

of Paul?

I thank

God

that

I did not baptize any

of you

except

Crispus

and

Gaius,

so

no

one

can say

that

you were baptized

into

my

name.

Yes,

I also baptized

the

household

of Stephanas;

beyond that

I do not remember

baptizing

anyone

else.

For

Christ

did not

send

me

to baptize,

but

to preach the gospel,

not

with

eloquent words

of wisdom,

lest

the

cross

of

Christ

be emptied of its power.

For

the

message

of the

cross

is

foolishness

to those who

are perishing,

but

to us who

are being saved

it is

the power

of God.

For

it is written:

“I will destroy

the

wisdom

of the

wise;

the

intelligence

of the

intelligent

I will frustrate.”

Where is the

wise man?

Where is

the scribe?

Where is

the philosopher

of this

age?

Has not

God

made foolish

the

wisdom

of the

world?

For

since

in

the

wisdom

of God,

the

world

through

its

wisdom

did not

know

Him,

God

was pleased

through

the

foolishness

of what

was preached

to save

those who

believe.

Jews

demand

signs

and

Greeks

search for

wisdom,

but

we

preach

Christ

crucified,

a stumbling block

to Jews

and

foolishness

to Gentiles,

but

to those

who

are called,

both

Jews

and

Greeks,

Christ

the power

of God

and

the wisdom

of God.

For

the

foolishness

of God

is

wiser

than man’s wisdom,

and

the

weakness

of God

is stronger

than man’s strength.

Brothers,

consider

the time of your

calling:

Not

many of you

were wise

by human standards;

not

many were

powerful;

not

many were

of noble birth.

But

God

chose

the

foolish things

of the

world

to

shame

the

wise;

God

chose

the

weak things

of the

world

to

shame

the

strong.

He

chose

the

lowly

and

despised

things

of the

world,

and

the things that

are

not,

to

nullify

the things that

are,

so that

no

one

may boast

in His presence.

It is

because of

Him that

you

are

in

Christ

Jesus,

who

has become

for us

wisdom

from

God:

our righteousness,

holiness,

and

redemption.

Therefore,

as

it is written:

“Let him who

boasts

boast

in

the Lord.”

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