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.

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

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.

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:

3 May you have grace 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'm always thanking God for you because of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus.

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

5 Through him you have been made rich in everything, in all that you say and every aspect of what you know.

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

6 In fact the testimony of Christ was proved valid in your experience,

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

7 so that you're not missing any spiritual gift as you wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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.

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

9 God is trustworthy who called you to share together in fellowship with his son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.”

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.

13 Is Christ divided? Did Paul die on a cross for you? Was it in the name of Paul that you were baptized?

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

14 I'm grateful to God that I didn't baptize any of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

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

15 so nobody can claim they were baptized in my name.

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

16 (Oh, and I also baptized the Stephanas family—I can't think of anyone else.)

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

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.

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.

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.

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

19 As Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will wipe out the cleverness of the clever.”

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

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)

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

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.

22 The Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,

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

23 but our message is of Christ killed on a cross—offensive to the Jews, and foolishness to the foreigners.

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

24 However, for those who are called by God, both Jews and foreigners, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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

25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than we are; and the weakness of God is stronger than we are.

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

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.

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

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.

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;

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,

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;

29 so that nobody should boast in God's presence.

so that no flesh should boast before God.

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.

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

31 So as Scripture says, “Whoever wants to boast, let them boast in the Lord.”

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