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Chapter 1 |
| 1 | Paul called to
be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our
brother, |
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| Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that
are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every
place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and
our's: |
| 3 |
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from
the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 4 | I thank my God always on your behalf, for the
grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; |
| 5 | That in every
thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
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| 6 | Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: |
| 7 | So
that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ: |
| 8 |
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be
blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 9 | God is
faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ
our Lord. |
| 10
| 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 perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the
same judgment. |
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11 | For it hath been declared unto me of you, my
brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions
among you. |
| 12
| Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of
Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. |
| 13 | Is
Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of
Paul? |
| 14 |
I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and
Gaius; |
| 15
| Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own
name. |
| 16 |
And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I
know not whether I baptized any other. |
| 17 | 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 of none effect. |
| 18 | For the preaching of the
cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the
power of God. |
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19 | For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the
wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. |
| 20 |
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world?
hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? |
| 21 | For after
that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by
the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. |
| 22 | For the Jews
require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: |
| 23 | But we
preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks
foolishness; |
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24 | But unto them which are called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. |
| 25 | Because the
foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than
men. |
| 26 |
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men
after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: |
| 27 | But
God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God
hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are
mighty; |
| 28
| And base things of the world, and things which are
despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought
things that are: |
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29 | That no flesh should glory in his presence.
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| 30 | But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom,
and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: |
| 31 | That,
according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. |
