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Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes [our] brother,
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To the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.
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Grace [be] to you, and peace from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
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That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and [in] all knowledge;
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Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
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So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Who will also confirm you to the end, [that ye may be] blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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God [is] faithful, by whom ye were called to the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
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I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
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Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name.
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And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
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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.
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For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
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For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
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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?