1 Corinthians 1:7-31 ▼

7 Therefore you⁺ do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord {Kyriou} Jesus (YHWH saves) Christ (the Anointed One).

8 He will sustain you⁺ to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord {Kyriou} Jesus (YHWH saves) Christ (the Anointed One).

9 God {Theos}, who has called you⁺ into fellowship {koinōnian} with His Son Jesus (YHWH saves) Christ (the Anointed One) our Lord {Kyriou}, is faithful.

10 I appeal to you⁺, brothers (and sisters), in the name of our Lord {Kyriou} Jesus (YHWH saves) Christ (the Anointed One), that all of you⁺ agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you⁺ and that you⁺ may be united in mind and conviction.

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: Individuals among you⁺ are saying, “I follow Paul (humble), “I follow Apollos (of Alexandria), “I follow Cephas (Peter),” or “I follow Christ (the Anointed One).

13 Is Christ (the Anointed One) divided? Was Paul (humble) crucified for you⁺? Were you⁺ baptized (submerged) into the name of Paul?

14 I thank God {theō} that I did not baptize any of you⁺ except Crispus and Gaius (to rejoice),

15 so no one can say that you⁺ were baptized (submerged) into my name.

16 Yes, I also baptized (submerged) the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.

17 For Christ (the Anointed One) did not send me to baptize (submerge), but to preach the gospel (good news), not with words of wisdom, 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 {dynamis} of God {Theou}.

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

20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God {Theos} made foolish the wisdom of the world?

21 For since in the wisdom of God {Theou} the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God {Theos} was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

22 Jews (people of praise) demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

23 but we preach Christ (the Anointed One) crucified, a stumbling block to Jews (people of praise) and foolishness to Gentiles [to Greeks],

24 but to those who are called, both Jews (people of praise) and Greeks, Christ (the Anointed One) the power {dynamin} of God {Theou} and the wisdom of God.

25 For the foolishness of God {Theou} is wiser than man’s wisdom \than men/, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

26 Brothers, consider the time of your⁺ calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

27 But God {Theos} chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

28 He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

29 so that no one may boast in His presence.

30 It is because of Him that you⁺ are in Christ (the Anointed One) Jesus (YHWH saves), who has become for us wisdom from God {Theou}: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

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