1 Corinthians 1

1 Paul called apostle Christ Jesus through/because of will/desire God and Sosthenes the/this/who brother

I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.

2 the/this/who assembly the/this/who God the/this/who to be in/on/among Corinth to sanctify in/on/among Christ Jesus called holy: saint with all the/this/who to call (on)/name the/this/who name the/this/who lord: God me Jesus Christ in/on/among all place it/s/he (and/both *k) and me

[I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.

3 grace you and peace away from God father me and lord: God Jesus Christ

We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.

4 to thank the/this/who God me always about you upon/to/against the/this/who grace the/this/who God the/this/who to give you in/on/among Christ Jesus

I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.

5 that/since: since in/on/among all to enrich in/on/among it/s/he in/on/among all word and all knowledge

That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.

6 as/just as the/this/who testimony the/this/who Christ to confirm in/on/among you

In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.

7 so you not to lack in/on/among nothing gift to expect the/this/who revelation the/this/who lord: God me Jesus Christ

As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].

8 which and to confirm you until goal/tax irreproachable in/on/among the/this/who day the/this/who lord: God me Jesus Christ

God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].

9 faithful the/this/who God through/because of which to call: call toward participation the/this/who son it/s/he Jesus Christ the/this/who lord: God me

You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.

10 to plead/comfort then you brother through/because of the/this/who name the/this/who lord: God me Jesus Christ in order that/to the/this/who it/s/he to say all and not to be in/on/among you split to be then to complete in/on/among the/this/who it/s/he mind and in/on/among the/this/who it/s/he resolution

My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.

11 to make clear for me about you brother me by/under: by the/this/who Chloe that/since: that quarrel in/on/among you to be

My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.

12 to say then this/he/she/it that/since: that each you to say I/we on the other hand to be Paul I/we then Apollos I/we then Cephas I/we then Christ

That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”

13 to divide the/this/who Christ not Paul to crucify above/for you or toward the/this/who name Paul to baptize

[It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]

14 to thank the/this/who God that/since: that none you to baptize if: not not Crispus and Gaius

I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.

15 in order that/to not one to say that/since: that toward the/this/who I/we name (to baptize *N+KO)

As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”

16 to baptize then and the/this/who Stephanas house: household henceforth no to know if one another to baptize

[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].

17 no for to send me Christ to baptize but to speak good news no in/on/among wisdom word in order that/to not to empty the/this/who cross the/this/who Christ

Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.

18 the/this/who word for the/this/who the/this/who cross the/this/who on the other hand to destroy foolishness to be the/this/who then to save me power God to be

Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].

19 to write for to destroy the/this/who wisdom the/this/who wise and the/this/who understanding the/this/who intelligent to reject

[It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.

20 where? wise where? scribe where? debater the/this/who an age: age this/he/she/it not! be foolish the/this/who God the/this/who wisdom the/this/who world (this/he/she/it *k) (aiōn g165)

So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)

21 since for in/on/among the/this/who wisdom the/this/who God no to know the/this/who world through/because of the/this/who wisdom the/this/who God to delight the/this/who God through/because of the/this/who foolishness the/this/who preaching to save the/this/who to trust (in)

God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.

22 since and Jew (sign *N+KO) to ask and Greek, Gentile wisdom to seek

The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.

23 me then to preach Christ to crucify Jew on the other hand stumbling block (Gentiles *N+KO) then foolishness

As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.

24 it/s/he then the/this/who called Jew and/both and Greek, Gentile Christ God power and God wisdom

But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.

25 that/since: since the/this/who foolish the/this/who God wise the/this/who a human to be and the/this/who weak the/this/who God strong the/this/who a human (to be *k)

[Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.

26 to see for the/this/who calling you brother that/since: that no much wise according to flesh no much able no much of noble birth

My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.

27 but the/this/who foolish the/this/who world to select the/this/who God in order that/to to dishonor the/this/who wise and the/this/who weak the/this/who world to select the/this/who God in order that/to to dishonor the/this/who strong

Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.

28 and the/this/who lowly the/this/who world and the/this/who to reject to select the/this/who God (and *ko) the/this/who not to be in order that/to the/this/who to be to abate

It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].

29 that not to boast all flesh before the/this/who (God *N+KO)

[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.

30 out from it/s/he then you to be in/on/among Christ Jesus which to be wisdom me away from God righteousness and/both and holiness and redemption

It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].

31 in order that/to as/just as to write the/this/who to boast in/on/among lord: God to boast

So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].