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<a href ="../2_corinthians/1.htm">2 Corinthians 1:1–2</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><bld>Paul</bld>, called <i>to be</i> an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes <i>our</i> brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><i>even</i> to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, <i>and</i> called <i>to be</i> saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, <i>who is</i> both their <i>Lord</i> and ours;<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>grace and peace <i>be</i> to you from God our Father, and <i>from our</i> Lord Jesus Christ.<p> <A name="5"></a><p class="hdg">Thanksgiving<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../philippians/1.htm#3">Philippians 1:3–11</a>; <a href ="../colossians/1.htm#3">Colossians 1:3–14</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I always give thanks unto my God, on your account, for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus; that ye are enriched by Him with every <i>gift,</i> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>in all utterance and knowledge; <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>(even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you;) <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>so that ye are deficient in no gift, expecting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ: <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>who will also confirm you unto the end, <i>that ye may be</i> blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ; <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><i>for</i> God is faithful by whom ye were called into the communion of his son Jesus Christ our Lord.<p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Unity in the Church<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../ephesians/4.htm">Ephesians 4:1–16</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye would all say alike, and <i>that</i> there may be no schisms among you, but <i>that</i> ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgement. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by some of Chloe's <i>family,</i> that there are contentions among you. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I mean, that each of you saith, <i>as if of different parties,</i> I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, I of Cephas, and I of Christ. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul? <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius: <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><i>so</i> that no one can say I baptized in my own name. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I also baptized indeed the family of Stephanas: <i>but</i> I know not whether I baptized any other. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in fine speech, least the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Message of the Cross<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the doctrine of the cross is to them, that perish, foolishness: but to us, who are saved, it is the power of God.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Where <i>is</i> the wise? where <i>is</i> the scribe? where is the disputant of the age? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For, since in the wisdom of God the world by <i>it's</i> wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by <i>what they called</i> the folly of preaching to save those that believe. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And whereas the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks look for wisdom, we preach Christ crucified; <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>to the Jews indeed a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; but to them that are called, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Because the foolishness of God, <i>as they call it,</i> is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.<p> <A name="27"></a><p class="hdg">Wisdom from God<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For ye see <i>by</i> your calling, brethren, that not many wise <i>men</i> according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble <i>are called:</i> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>but God hath chosen <i>things that are</i> foolish <i>in the eye</i> of the world to put <i>it's</i> wise men to confusion; and God hath chosen the weak <i>things</i> of the world to confound the mighty; <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and <i>things in the opinion</i> of the world ignoble, and despicable, and <i>accounted as</i> nothing, hath God chosen, to abolish <i>things</i> that are <i>in esteem among men;</i> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>that no flesh may glory in his presence. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But ye are of Him in Christ Jesus, who from God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>that, as it is written, He that glorieth may glory in the Lord.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../romans/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Romans 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Romans 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_corinthians/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>