1 P aul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

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

2 t o the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place -- both theirs and ours:

unto the congregation of God which is at Corinth, to those that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

3 G race to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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

4 I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you in Christ Jesus,

5 t hat in every thing ye were enriched in him, in all discourse and all knowledge,

that in every thing ye are enriched in him in all word and in all knowledge,

6 a ccording as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,

with which the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,

7 s o that ye are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

so that ye lack nothing in any gift, waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

8 w ho also shall confirm you unto the end -- unblamable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ;

who shall also confirm that ye shall remain unimpeachable unto the end, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 f aithful God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

10 A nd I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

¶ Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfect, joined together in the same understanding and in the same perception.

11 f or it was signified to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe, that contentions are among you;

For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by those of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 a nd I say this, that each one of you saith, `I, indeed, am of Paul' -- `and I of Apollos,' -- `and I of Cephas,' -- `and I of Christ.'

In other words, that each one of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

13 H ath the Christ been divided? was Paul crucified for you? or to the name of Paul were ye baptized;

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

14 I give thanks to God that no one of you did I baptize, except Crispus and Gaius --

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

15 t hat no one may say that to my own name I did baptize;

lest any should say that ye were baptized into my name.

16 a nd I did baptize also Stephanas' household -- further, I have not known if I did baptize any other.

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

17 F or Christ did not send me to baptize, but -- to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

¶ For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

18 f or the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God,

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

19 f or it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;'

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

20 w here the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the philosopher of this world? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

21 f or, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.

For in the wisdom of God, since the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save those that believe.

22 S ince also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom,

23 a lso we -- we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock and unto the Gentiles foolishness;

24 a nd to those called -- both Jews and Greeks -- Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God,

but unto 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;

For that which is foolish of God is wiser than men, and that which is weak of God is stronger than men.

26 f or see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

For look upon your vocation, brothers, that ye are not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,

27 b ut the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

but rather God has chosen that which is the foolishness of the world to confound the wise, and God has chosen that which is the weakness of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

28 a nd the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --

and that which is vile of the world and that which is despised God has chosen, and things which are not, to bring to nought the things that are,

29 t hat no flesh may glory before Him;

that no flesh should glory in his presence.

30 a nd of Him ye -- ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

But of him ye are reborn in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

31 t hat, according as it hath been written, `He who is glorying -- in the Lord let him glory.'

that, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.