Corinthios I 1

1 Paulus vocatus Apostolus Iesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Sosthenes frater,

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

2 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.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

3 Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Iesu Christo.

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

4 Gratias ago Deo meo semper pro vobis in gratia Dei, quae data est vobis in Christo Iesu:

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

5 quod in omnibus divites facti estis in illo, in omni verbo, et in omni scientia:

that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge—

6 sicut testimonium Christi confirmatum est in vobis:

even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you—

7 ita ut nihil vobis desit in ulla gratia, expectantibus revelationem Domini nostri Iesu Christi,

so that you come behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

8 qui et confirmabit vos usque in finem sine crimine, in die adventus Domini nostri Iesu Christi.

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

9 Fidelis Deus: per quem vocati estis in societatem filii eius Iesu Christi Domini nostri.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 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.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions amongst you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgement.

11 Significatum est enim mihi de vobis fratres mei ab iis, qui sunt Chloes, quia contentiones sunt inter vos.

For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions amongst you.

12 Hoc autem dico, quod unusquisque vestrum dicit: Ego quidem sum Pauli: ego autem Apollo: ego vero Cephae: ego autem Christi.

Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”

13 Divisus est Christus: Numquid Paulus crucifixus est pro vobis? aut in nomine Pauli baptizati estis?

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptised into the name of Paul?

14 Gratias ago Deo meo, quod neminem vestrum baptizavi, nisi Crispum, et Caium:

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

15 nequis dicat quod in nomine meo baptizati estis.

so that no one should say that I had baptised you into my own name.

16 Baptizavi autem et Stephanae domum: ceterorum autem nescio si quem alium vestrum baptizaverim.

(I also baptised the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptised any other.)

17 Non enim misit me Christus baptizare, sed evangelizare: non in sapientia verbi, ut non evacuetur crux Christi.

For Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

18 Verbum enim crucis pereuntibus quidem stultitia est: iis autem, qui salvi fiunt, id est nobis, Dei virtus est.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

19 Scriptum est enim: Perdam sapientiam sapientium, et prudentiam prudentium reprobabo.

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

20 Ubi sapiens? ubi scriba? ubi conquisitor huius saeculi? Nonne stultam fecit Deus sapientiam huius mundi? (aiōn g165)

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)

21 Nam quia in Dei sapientia non cognovit mundus per sapientiam Deum: placuit Deo per stultitiam praedicationis salvos facere credentes.

For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

22 Quoniam et Iudaei signa petunt, et Graeci sapientiam quaerunt:

For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

23 nos autem praedicamus Christum crucifixum: Iudaeis quidem scandalum, Gentibus autem stultitiam,

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks,

24 ipsis autem vocatis Iudaeis, atque Graecis Christum Dei virtutem, et Dei sapientia:

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;

25 quia quod stultum est Dei, sapientius est hominibus: et quod infirmum est Dei, fortius est hominibus.

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

26 Videte enim vocationem vestram fratres, quia non multi sapientes secundum carnem, non multi potentes, non multi nobiles:

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

27 sed quae stulta sunt mundi elegit Deus, ut confundat sapientes: et infirma mundi elegit Deus, ut confundat fortia:

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

28 et ignobilia mundi, et contemptibilia elegit Deus, et ea, quae non sunt, ut ea quae sunt destrueret:

God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

29 ut non glorietur omnis caro in conspectu eius.

that no flesh should boast before God.

30 Ex ipso autem vos estis in Christo Iesu, qui factus est nobis sapientia a Deo, et iustitia, et sanctificatio, et redemptio:

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

31 ut quemadmodum scriptum est: Qui gloriatur, in Domino glorietur.

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