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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Corinthians 1 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_corinthians/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_corinthians/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > 1 Corinthians 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/16.htm" title="Romans 16">◄</a> 1 Corinthians 1 <a href="../1_corinthians/2.htm" title="1 Corinthians 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/1-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>to the Assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called holy ones, with all those calling on the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place—both theirs and ours:<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all discourse and all knowledge, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you, <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>so that you are not behind in any gift, waiting for 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 also will confirm you to the end—unblamable 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>faithful [is] God, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And I call on you, brothers, through the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing you may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and you may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for it was signified to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that contentions are among you; <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and I say this, that each one of you says, “I, indeed, am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “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>Has the Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you immersed 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 give thanks to God that I immersed no one 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>that no one may say that to my own name I immersed; <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and I also immersed Stephanas’ household—further, I have not known if I immersed any other. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For Christ did not send me to immerse, but to proclaim good news, not in wisdom of discourse, that the Cross of the Christ may not be made of no effect;<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>for the word of the Cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us—those being 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 has been written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nothing”;<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>where [is] the wise? Where the scribe? Where a disputer of this age? Did God not make 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 seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom, <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>also we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and to those called—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 is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>for see your calling, brothers, that not many [are] wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>but God chose the foolish things of the world that He may put the wise to shame; and God chose the weak things of the world that He may put the strong to shame; <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and God chose the base things of the world, and the things despised, and the things that are not, that He may make useless the things that are— <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>that no flesh may glory before Him; <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>but out of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>that, according as it has been written: “He who is glorying—let him glory in the LORD.”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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