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be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,</p> <p class="opening"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:</p> <p class="opening"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Thanksgiving</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.</p> <p class="sectionhead">A Church Divided Over Leaders</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God's family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.">a</a></sup></span> in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, Peter">b</a></sup></span> ”; still another, “I follow Christ.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>(Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For it is written:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;</p><p class="line2">the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Isaiah 29:14">c</a></sup></span> </p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>so that no one may boast before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Jer. 9:24">d</a></sup></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Greek word for <i>brothers and sisters</i> (<i>adelphoi</i>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, Peter</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">Isaiah 29:14</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> <span class="footnotebot">Jer. 9:24</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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