1 Corinthians 1
1 This letter comes from Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the will of God, and from Sosthenes, our brother.
Paulus vocatus Apostolus Iesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Sosthenes frater,
2 It is sent to the church of God in Corinth, those who are being made right in Christ Jesus, called to live holy lives—and to everyone who worships the Lord Jesus Christ everywhere, the Lord both of them and of us.
Ecclesiae Dei, quae est Corinthi, sanctificatis in Christo Iesu, vocatis sanctis, cum omnibus, qui invocant nomen Domini nostri Iesu Christi, in omni loco ipsorum, et nostro.
3 May you have grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Iesu Christo.
4 I'm always thanking God for you because of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus.
Gratias ago Deo meo semper pro vobis in gratia Dei, quae data est vobis in Christo Iesu:
5 Through him you have been made rich in everything, in all that you say and every aspect of what you know.
quod in omnibus divites facti estis in illo, in omni verbo, et in omni scientia:
6 In fact the testimony of Christ was proved valid in your experience,
sicut testimonium Christi confirmatum est in vobis:
7 so that you're not missing any spiritual gift as you wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
ita ut nihil vobis desit in ulla gratia, expectantibus revelationem Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
8 He will also keep you strong to the very end, so you will be kept right until the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.
qui et confirmabit vos usque in finem sine crimine, in die adventus Domini nostri Iesu Christi.
9 God is trustworthy who called you to share together in fellowship with his son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Fidelis Deus: per quem vocati estis in societatem filii eius Iesu Christi Domini nostri.
10 Brothers and sisters, I plead with you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all agree and that you're not divided. Instead develop a united attitude and purpose.
Obsecro autem vos fratres per nomen Domini nostri Iesu Christi: ut idipsum dicatis omnes, et non sint in vobis schismata: sitis autem perfecti in eodem sensu, et in eadem scientia.
11 For I have been told things about you, my brothers and sisters, by some of Chloe's people—that you are quarreling among yourselves.
Significatum est enim mihi de vobis fratres mei ab iis, qui sunt Chloes, quia contentiones sunt inter vos.
12 Let me explain what I mean. You're all making different claims: “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,” or “I follow Christ.”
Hoc autem dico, quod unusquisque vestrum dicit: Ego quidem sum Pauli: ego autem Apollo: ego vero Cephae: ego autem Christi.
13 Is Christ divided? Did Paul die on a cross for you? Was it in the name of Paul that you were baptized?
Divisus est Christus: Numquid Paulus crucifixus est pro vobis? aut in nomine Pauli baptizati estis?
14 I'm grateful to God that I didn't baptize any of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
Gratias ago Deo meo, quod neminem vestrum baptizavi, nisi Crispum, et Caium:
15 so nobody can claim they were baptized in my name.
nequis dicat quod in nomine meo baptizati estis.
16 (Oh, and I also baptized the Stephanas family—I can't think of anyone else.)
Baptizavi autem et Stephanae domum: ceterorum autem nescio si quem alium vestrum baptizaverim.
17 For Christ didn't send me out to baptize, but to spread the good news, and not with eloquent human wisdom, otherwise the cross of Christ would be made powerless.
Non enim misit me Christus baptizare, sed evangelizare: non in sapientia verbi, ut non evacuetur crux Christi.
18 For the message of the cross is nonsense to those who are lost, but it's the power of God to those of us who are saved.
Verbum enim crucis pereuntibus quidem stultitia est: iis autem, qui salvi fiunt, id est nobis, Dei virtus est.
19 As Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will wipe out the cleverness of the clever.”
Scriptum est enim: Perdam sapientiam sapientium, et prudentiam prudentium reprobabo.
20 So how about the wise, the writers, and the philosophers of this age? Hasn't God turned the wisdom of this world into foolishness? (aiōn g165)
Ubi sapiens? ubi scriba? ubi conquisitor huius saeculi? Nonne stultam fecit Deus sapientiam huius mundi? (aiōn g165)
21 Since God in his wisdom allowed the world in its wisdom not to know God, it was God's gracious plan that by the foolishness of the good news those who trusted in him would be saved.
Nam quia in Dei sapientia non cognovit mundus per sapientiam Deum: placuit Deo per stultitiam praedicationis salvos facere credentes.
22 The Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,
Quoniam et Iudaei signa petunt, et Graeci sapientiam quaerunt:
23 but our message is of Christ killed on a cross—offensive to the Jews, and foolishness to the foreigners.
nos autem praedicamus Christum crucifixum: Iudaeis quidem scandalum, Gentibus autem stultitiam,
24 However, for those who are called by God, both Jews and foreigners, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
ipsis autem vocatis Iudaeis, atque Graecis Christum Dei virtutem, et Dei sapientia:
25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than we are; and the weakness of God is stronger than we are.
quia quod stultum est Dei, sapientius est hominibus: et quod infirmum est Dei, fortius est hominibus.
26 Brothers and sisters, remember your calling—and that this did not include many who are wise, humanly speaking; not many who are powerful; not many who are important.
Videte enim vocationem vestram fratres, quia non multi sapientes secundum carnem, non multi potentes, non multi nobiles:
27 Instead God chose the things the world considers foolish to humiliate those who think they are wise. He chose the things the world considers weak to humiliate those who think they are strong.
sed quae stulta sunt mundi elegit Deus, ut confundat sapientes: et infirma mundi elegit Deus, ut confundat fortia:
28 He chose the things that are unimportant and despised by the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
et ignobilia mundi, et contemptibilia elegit Deus, et ea, quae non sunt, ut ea quae sunt destrueret:
29 so that nobody should boast in God's presence.
ut non glorietur omnis caro in conspectu eius.
30 It's because of him that you live in Christ Jesus, who God made to be wisdom for us. He sets us right, keeps us right, and frees us.
Ex ipso autem vos estis in Christo Iesu, qui factus est nobis sapientia a Deo, et iustitia, et sanctificatio, et redemptio:
31 So as Scripture says, “Whoever wants to boast, let them boast in the Lord.”
ut quemadmodum scriptum est: Qui gloriatur, in Domino glorietur.
