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<a href="../colossians/1.htm#3">Colossians 1:3-14</a>; <a href="../2_thessalonians/1.htm#3">2 Thessalonians 1:3-4</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Who will also confirm you to the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God is faithful, by whom ye were called to the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.</p> <a name="10" id="10"></a><p class="hdg">Unity in the Church<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../psalms/133.htm">Psalm 133:1-3</a>; <a href="../ephesians/4.htm">Ephesians 4:1-16</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><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 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For it hath been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by them who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <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 in the name of Paul? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For Christ hath not sent me to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.</p> <p class="hdg">Christ the Wisdom and Power of God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.</p> <p class="reg"><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> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For when 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek wisdom: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But to them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.</p> <p class="hdg">The Foolish to Shame the Wise</p><p class="reg"><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> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>That no flesh should glory in his presence. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who from God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_corinthians/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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