[English Bible study] CORINTHIANS chapter 1

1Co. 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of

God, and our brother Sosthenes,

1Co. 1:2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ

Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those

everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ —

their Lord and ours:

1Co. 1:3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord

Jesus Christ.

1Co. 1:4 I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in

Christ Jesus.

1Co. 1:5 For in him you have been enriched in every way — in all your

speaking and in all your knowledge —

1Co. 1:6 because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.

1Co. 1:7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly

wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

1Co. 1:8 He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be

blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1Co. 1:9 God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus

Christ our Lord, is faithful.

1Co. 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there

may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly

united in mind and thought.

1Co. 1:11 My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed

me that there are quarrels among you.

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1Co. 1:12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”;

another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”;

[That is, Peter] still another, “I follow Christ.”

1Co. 1:13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you

baptised into [Or in; also in verse 15] the name of Paul?

1Co. 1:14 I am thankful that I did not baptise any of you except Crispus

and Gaius,

1Co. 1:15 so no-one can say that you were baptised into my name.

1Co. 1:16 (Yes, I also baptised the household of Stephanas; beyond

that, I don’t remember if I baptised anyone else.)

1Co. 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the

gospel — not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of

Christ be emptied of its power.

1Co. 1:18 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.

1Co. 1:19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the

intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” [Isaiah 29:14]

1Co. 1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the

philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the

wisdom of the world?

1Co. 1:21 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.

1Co. 1:22 Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom,

1Co. 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling-block to Jews and

foolishness to Gentiles,

1Co. 1:24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks,

Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1Co. 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and

the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

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1Co. 1:26 Brothers, 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.

1Co. 1:27 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.

1Co. 1:28 He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised

things — and the things that are not — to nullify the things

that are,

1Co. 1:29 so that no-one may boast before him.

1Co. 1:30 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.

1Co. 1:31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the

Lord.” [Jer. 9:24]