Parallel Bible results for "1-corinthians 1:9-19"

1 Corinthians 1:9-19

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

9 God faithfully keeps his promises. He called you to be partners with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Brothers and sisters, I encourage all of you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to agree with each other and not to split into opposing groups. I want you to be united in your understanding and opinions.

11 Brothers and sisters, some people from Chloe's family have made it clear to me that you are quarreling among yourselves.

12 This is what I mean: Each of you is saying, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ."

13 Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in Paul's name?

14 I thank God that I didn't baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius

15 so that no one can say you were baptized in my name.

16 I also baptized Stephanas and his family. Beyond that, I'm not sure whether I baptized anyone else.

17 Christ didn't send me to baptize. Instead, he sent me to spread the Good News. I didn't use intellectual arguments. That would have made the cross of Christ lose its meaning.

18 The message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.

19 Scripture says, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will reject the intelligence of intelligent people."

New International Version NIV

9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, 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.

11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas ”; still another, “I follow Christ.”

13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?

14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.

16 (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.)

17 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.

18 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.

19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”