1 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, [a] called apostle of Jesus Christ, by God's will, and Sosthenes the brother,

Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Sosthenes, his brother.

2 to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, to [those] sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both theirs and ours:

to the Church of God at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all, wherever they are, who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I thank my God always about you, in respect of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus;

I am always thanking God on your behalf, for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus;

5 that in everything ye have been enriched in him, in all word [of doctrine], and all knowledge,

that in everything you have been enriched in him, in all speech, and in all knowledge

6 (according as the testimony of the Christ has been confirmed in you, )

(for thus my witness for Christ was confirmed among you);

7 so that ye come short in no gift, awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

so that you lack no divine gift, while you are waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

8 who shall also confirm you to [the] end, unimpeachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He will also keep you perfectly stedfast unto the end, so that you will be unreprovable in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 God [is] faithful, by whom ye have been called into [the] fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Faithful is the God by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be not among you divisions; but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same opinion.

Now I beg you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to speak in accord, all of you, and to have no divisions among you, but to be knit together in a common mind and temper.

11 For it has been shewn to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of [the house of] Chloe, that there are strifes among you.

For it has been plainly told me concerning you, my brothers, by Chloe’s people, that there are dissensions among you.

12 But I speak of this, that each of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

I mean by this that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul"; another, "I of Apollos"; another, "I of Cephas"; another, "I of Christ."

13 Is the Christ divided? has Paul been crucified for you? or have ye been baptised unto the name of Paul?

Has Christ been divided? Paul, was he crucified for you? or was it into the name of Paul that you were baptized?

14 I thank God that I have baptised none of you, unless Crispus and Gaius,

I am thankful to God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

15 that no one may say that I have baptised unto my own name.

so that no one can say you were baptized in my name.

16 Yes, I baptised also the house of Stephanas; for the rest I know not if I have baptised any other.

Yes, I did baptize the house of Stephanas also, but I do not think I baptized any one else.

17 For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain.

For Christ did not think I baptized any one else. For Christ did not send me forth to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel; and that not in philosophic words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made an empty thing.

18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.

For the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.

19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.

For thus it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the philosophers, And the prudence of the prudent will I confound.

20 Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (aiōn g165)

Sage, rabbi, skeptic of this present age - where are they all? Has not God made foolish the philosophy of the world? (aiōn g165)

21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.

For when, in the wisdom of God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save those who believe.

22 Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;

Jews continue to ask for miracles and Greeks are ever wanting philosophy,

23 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness;

but we come preaching a crucified Messiah - to Jews a stumbling- block, to Greeks foolishness,

24 but to those that [are] called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ God's power and God's wisdom.

but to those who are the called, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For consider your calling, brethren, that [there are] not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.

For consider your own calling, brothers, that not many wise in earthly wisdom, not many powerful, not many of noble birth, have been called.

27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things;

No, God has chosen the world’s folly to confound its philosophy; and the world’s weakness to confound its strength.

28 and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, [and] things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;

The world’s base things has God chosen, and the things that are not, to bring to naught the things that are;

29 so that no flesh should boast before God.

so that no mortal man should glory in his presence.

30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who has been made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption;

It is of him that you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

31 that according as it is written, He that boasts, let him boast in [the] Lord.

so that as Scripture says, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.