1 Corinthians 1

Appeal to Unity

1 Paul, 1called as an apostle of Jesus Christ [a]by 2the will of God, and 3Sosthenes our 4brother,
2 To 5the church of God which is at 6Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, [b]saints 7by calling, with all who in every place 8call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
3 9Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 10I thank [c]my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,
5 that in everything you were 11enriched in Him, in all 12speech and 13all knowledge,
6 even as 14the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed [d]in you,
7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, 15awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
8 16who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in 17the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 18God is faithful, through whom you were 19called into 20fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now 21I exhort you, 22brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all [e]agree * and that there be no [f]23divisions among you, but that you be [g]made complete in 24the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you.
12 Now I mean this, that 25each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of 26Apollos," and "I of 27Cephas," and "I of Christ."
13 [h]Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you 28baptized [i]in the name of Paul?
14 [j]I thank God that I 29baptized none of you except 30Crispus and 31Gaius,
15 so that no one would say you were baptized [k]in my name.
16 Now I did baptize also the 32household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.
17 33For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, 34not in [l]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

The Wisdom of God

18 For the word of the cross is 35foolishness to 36those who [m]are perishing, but to us who [n]are being saved it is 37the power of God.
19 For it is written, "38I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE."
20 39Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of 40this age? Has not God 41made foolish the wisdom of 42the world?
21 For since in the wisdom of God 43the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, 44God was well-pleased through the 45foolishness of the [o]message preached to 46save those who believe.
22 For indeed 47Jews ask for [p]signs and Greeks search for wisdom;
23 but we preach [q]48Christ crucified, 49to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles 50foolishness,
24 but to those who are 51the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ 52the power of God and 53the wisdom of God.
25 Because the 54foolishness of God is wiser than men, and 55the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For [r]consider your 56calling, brethren, that there were 57not many wise according to [s]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
27 but 58God has chosen the foolish things of 59the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of 60the world to shame the things which are strong,
28 and the base things of 61the world and the despised God has chosen, 62the things that are not, so that He may 63nullify the things that are,
29 so that 64no * [t]man may boast before God.
30 But [u]by His doing you are in 65Christ Jesus, who became to us 66wisdom from God, [v]and 67righteousness and 68sanctification, and 69redemption,
31 so that, just as it is written, "70LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD."

Cross References 70

  • 1. Romans 1:1
  • 2. Romans 1:10; 2 Timothy 1:1
  • 3. Acts 18:17
  • 4. Acts 1:15
  • 5. 1 Corinthians 10:32
  • 6. Acts 18:1
  • 7. Romans 1:7; Romans 8:28
  • 8. Acts 7:59
  • 9. Romans 1:7
  • 10. Romans 1:8
  • 11. 2 Corinthians 9:11
  • 12. Romans 15:14; 2 Corinthians 8:7
  • 13. Romans 15:14; 2 Corinthians 8:7
  • 14. 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Timothy 2:6; 2 Timothy 1:8; Revelation 1:2
  • 15. Luke 17:30; Romans 8:19, 23; Philippians 3:20; 2 Peter 3:12
  • 16. Romans 8:19; Philippians 1:6; Colossians 2:7; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23
  • 17. Luke 17:24, 30; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 1:14; Philippians 1:6, 10; Philippians 2:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:2
  • 18. Deuteronomy 7:9; Isaiah 49:7; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3
  • 19. Romans 8:28
  • 20. 1 John 1:3
  • 21. Romans 12:1
  • 22. Romans 1:13
  • 23. 1 Corinthians 11:18
  • 24. Romans 12:16; Philippians 1:27
  • 25. Matthew 23:8-10; 1 Corinthians 3:4
  • 26. Acts 18:24; 1 Corinthians 3:22
  • 27. John 1:42; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Corinthians 15:5
  • 28. Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38
  • 29. Acts 18:8
  • 30. Acts 18:8
  • 31. Romans 16:23
  • 32. 1 Corinthians 16:15, 17
  • 33. John 4:2; Acts 10:48
  • 34. 1 Cor 2:1, 4, 13; 2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 11:6
  • 35. 1 Cor 1:21, 23, 25; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 4:10
  • 36. Acts 2:47; 2 Corinthians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 4:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:10
  • 37. Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 1:24
  • 38. Isaiah 29:14
  • 39. Job 12:17; Isaiah 19:11; Isaiah 33:18
  • 40. Matthew 13:22; 1 Corinthians 2:6, 8; 1 Corinthians 3:18, 19
  • 41. Romans 1:20f
  • 42. John 12:31; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 11:32; James 4:4
  • 43. John 12:31; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 11:32; James 4:4
  • 44. Luke 12:32; Galatians 1:15; Colossians 1:19
  • 45. 1 Cor 1:18, 23, 25; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 4:10
  • 46. Romans 11:14; James 5:20
  • 47. Matthew 12:38
  • 48. 1 Corinthians 2:2; Galatians 3:1; Galatians 5:11
  • 49. Luke 2:34; 1 Peter 2:8
  • 50. 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 25; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 4:10
  • 51. Romans 8:28
  • 52. Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 1:18
  • 53. Luke 11:49; 1 Corinthians 1:30
  • 54. 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 23; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 4:10
  • 55. 2 Corinthians 13:4
  • 56. Romans 11:29
  • 57. Matthew 11:25; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 2:8
  • 58. James 2:5
  • 59. 1 Corinthians 1:20
  • 60. 1 Corinthians 1:20
  • 61. 1 Corinthians 1:20
  • 62. Romans 4:17
  • 63. Job 34:19; 1 Corinthians 2:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Hebrews 2:14
  • 64. Ephesians 2:9
  • 65. Romans 8:1; 1 Corinthians 4:15
  • 66. 1 Corinthians 1:24
  • 67. Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:16; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 3:9
  • 68. 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:23
  • 69. Romans 3:24; Ephesians 1:7, 14; Colossians 1:14
  • 70. Jeremiah 9:23; 2 Corinthians 10:17

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1 Corinthians 1 Commentaries

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