1 Corinthians 1

1Paul, ^acalled to be an apostle of Jesus Christ ^bthrough the will of God, and ^cSosthenes our brother, ²Unto the church of God which is at ^dCorinth, ^eto them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, ^fcalled to be ^gsaints, with all that in every place ^hcall upon the name of Jesus Christ ⁱour Lord, ^jboth theirs and ours: ^3kGrace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

^4lI thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; ⁵That in every thing ye are enriched by him, ^min all utterance, and in all ^mnknowledge; ⁶Even as ^othe testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: ⁷So that ye come behind in no gift; ^pwaiting for the ^†coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: ^8qWho shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be ^rblameless ^rrin the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ^9sGod is faithful, ^ssby whom ye were called unto ^tthe fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁰Now ^uI beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^vthat ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no ^†divisions among you; but that ye be ^wperfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. ¹¹For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them ^xwhich are of the house of Chloe, that there are ^ycontentions among you. ¹²Now this I say, that ^zevery one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of ^aApollos; and I of ^bCephas; and I of Christ. ^13cIs Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye ^dbaptized in the name of Paul? ¹⁴I thank God that ^eI baptized none of you, but ^fCrispus and ^gGaius; ¹⁵Lest any should say that I had ^dbaptized in mine own name. ¹⁶And I baptized also the household of ^hStephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

¹⁷For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: ⁱnot with wisdom of ^||words, lest the cross of Christ should be ^kmade of none effect. ¹⁸For the preaching of the cross is to ^lthem that perish ^mfoolishness; but unto us ⁿwhich are saved it is ^othe power of God. ¹⁹For it is written, ^pI will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will ^qbring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. ²⁰Where is the wise? ^rwhere is ^sthe scribe? where is the disputer ^ssof this world? ^thath not God ^umade foolish the wisdom ^uuof this world? ^21vFor after that ^pin the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, ^vvit pleased God by the ^mfoolishness of preaching to save them that believe. ²²For ^wthe Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: ²³But ^wwwe preach Christ crucified, ^xunto the Jews a ^ystumblingblock, and unto the Greeks ^mfoolishness; ²⁴But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^othe power of God, and ^zthe wisdom of God. ²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. ²⁶For ^aye see your ^bcalling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, ^cnot many ^dmighty, not many ^enoble, are called: ²⁷But ^fGod hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; ²⁸And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and ^gthings which are not, ^hto bring to nought things that are: ²⁹ⁱThat no flesh should glory in his presence. ³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us ^zwisdom, and ^krighteousness, and ^lsanctification, and ^mredemption: ³¹That, according as it is written, ⁿHe that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.