1 Corinthians 1

1 Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through God’s will, —and Sosthenes the brother, —

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

2 Unto the assembly of God which is in Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, —with all who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in every place, —their Lord and ours:

to the congregation of God that is at Corinth, to called men, to holy men who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus with all in every place who call upon the name of our the Lord Jesus Christ-both ours and theirs.

3 Favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.

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

4 I give thanks unto my God, at all times, concerning you, by reason of the favour of God given unto you in Christ Jesus, —

I thank my God always about you, for the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

5 That, in everything, ye have been enriched in him—in all discourse and in all knowledge;

that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all speech and in all knowledge.

6 Even as, the witness of the Christ, hath been confirmed in you,

Just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,

7 So that ye come short in no gift of favour, —ardently awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:

so that ye come behind in not one gift, waiting for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

8 Who will also confirm you unto the end, unaccusable in the day of our Lord Jesus [Christ]:

who will also confirm you until the end, irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 Faithful, is God, through whom ye have been called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

God is faithful through whom ye were called for the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 But I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, —that, the same thing, ye, all, be saying, and that there be not, among you, divisions; but that ye be fitly joined together—in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and there be no divisions among you, but ye may be thoroughly prepared in the same mind and in the same understanding.

11 For it hath been signified unto me, concerning you, my brethren, —by them who are of [the household of] Chloe, —that there are strifes among you,

For it was declared to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 Now I mean this, —that, each one of you, is saying—I, indeed, am of Paul, but, I, of Apollos, but, I, of Cephas, but, I, of Christ:

Now I say this. That each of you actually say, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

13 The Christ is divided! Was, Paul, crucified for you? Or, into the name of Paul, were ye immersed?

Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you, or were ye immersed in the name of Paul?

14 I give thanks, that, none of you, did I immerse—save Crispus and Gaius,

I thank God that I immersed none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

15 Lest any should say—into my own name, I immersed:

lest some man should say that I immersed in my name.

16 Yea! I immersed the house of Stephanas also, —besides, I know not whether, anyone else, I immersed.

And I also immersed the household of Stephanas. Besides, I know not whether I immersed any other.

17 For Christ sent me not, to be immersing, but to be telling the good news, —not with wisdom of discourse, lest, void should be made, the cross of the Christ.

For Christ sent me not to immerse, but to preach the good news, not in wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ would be emptied.

18 For, the discourse which concerneth the cross, unto them, indeed, who are perishing, is, foolishness; but, unto them who are being saved—unto us, it is, God’s power.

For the message of the cross is of course foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is a power of God.

19 For it is written—I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and, the discernment of the discerning, will I set aside.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will frustrate the understanding of those of understanding.

20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (aiōn g165)

Where is a wise man? Where is a scholar? Where is a researcher of this age? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)

21 For, seeing that, in the wisdom of God, the world, through its wisdom, did not get to knew God, God was well-pleased—through the foolishness of the thing proclaimed, to save them that believe.

For since in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through its wisdom, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

22 Seeing that both, Jews for signs, do ask, and, Greeks for wisdom, do seek,

And because Jews demand a sign and Greeks search for wisdom,

23 Whereas, we, proclaim a Christ who hath been crucified, —unto Jews, indeed, an occasion of stumbling, and, unto Gentiles, foolishness;

but we proclaim Christ crucified, it is truly to Jews a stumbling-block and to Gentiles foolishness.

24 But, unto the called themselves—both Jews and Greeks, Christ, God’s power, and, God’s wisdom.

But to them, to the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

25 Because, God’s foolish thing, is, wiser than men, and, God’s weak thing, mightier than men.

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

26 For be looking at the calling of you, brethren, —that [there were] not many wise, according to flesh. Not many powerful, not many high-born:

For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent.

27 On the contrary—the foolish things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame them who are wise, and, the weak things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame the things that are mighty,

But God chose the foolish things of the world, so that he might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, so that he might humiliate the powerful.

28 And, the low-born things of the world, and the things that are despised, hath God chosen, —[and] the things that are not, —that, the things that are, he might bring to nought;

And God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are,

29 So that no flesh should boast before God.

so that no flesh may boast before God.

30 But, of him, are, ye, in Christ Jesus, who hath been made wisdom unto us, from God, —both righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

31 In order that, even as it is written—He that boasteth, in the Lord, let him boast.

so that, just as it is written, He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.