1 P aul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

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

2 T o the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

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

3 G race 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 concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

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

5 t hat in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,

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

6 e ven as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you,

even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

7 s o that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

8 w ho will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

9 G od is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

10 N ow I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.

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 among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

11 F or I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.

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

12 N ow I mean this, that each one of you is saying, “I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.”

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

13 H as Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

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

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

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

15 s o that no one would say you were baptized in my name.

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

16 N ow I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

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

17 F or Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void. The Wisdom of God

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

18 F or the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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

19 F or it is written, “ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”

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

20 W here is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

21 F or since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

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 F or indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom;

For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

23 b ut we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,

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

24 b ut to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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

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

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

26 F or consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

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

27 b ut God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,

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 a nd the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:

29 s o that no man may boast before God.

that no flesh should boast before God.

30 B ut by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

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

31 s o that, just as it is written, “ Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

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