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1 This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes.

I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

1Cor 1:5

Through him, God has enriched your church in every way — with all of your eloquent words and all of your knowledge.

1Cor 1:7

Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1Cor 1:10

10 I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.

1Cor 1:11

For some members of Chloe’s household have told me about your quarrels, my dear brothers and sisters.

1Cor 1:12

Some of you are saying, “I am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying, “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,” or “I follow only Christ.”

1Cor 1:13

Has Christ been divided into factions? Was I, Paul, crucified for you? Were any of you baptized in the name of Paul? Of course not!

1Cor 1:14

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

1Cor 1:16

(Oh yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I don’t remember baptizing anyone else.)

1Cor 1:17

For Christ didn’t send me to baptize, but to preach the Good News — and not with clever speech, for fear that the cross of Christ would lose its power.

1Cor 1:18

18 The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.

1Cor 1:19

As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”

1Cor 1:20

So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.

1Cor 1:24

But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1Cor 1:25

This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength.

1Cor 1:26

Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you.

1Cor 1:29

As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

1Cor 2:4

And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.

1Cor 2:5

I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.

1Cor 2:6

Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten.

1Cor 2:7

No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God — his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.

1Cor 2:8

But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord.

1Cor 2:16

For, “Who can know the LORD’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.

1Cor 3:3

for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?

1Cor 3:4

When one of you says, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world?

1Cor 3:5

After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.

1Cor 3:10

Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful.

1Cor 3:12

Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials — gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw.

1Cor 3:13

But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value.

1Cor 3:15

But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.

1Cor 3:16

Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?

1Cor 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, “He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.”

1Cor 3:20

And again, “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise; he knows they are worthless.”

1Cor 4:1

1 So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God’s mysteries.

1Cor 4:5

So don’t make judgments about anyone ahead of time — before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due.

1Cor 4:6

Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate what I’ve been saying. If you pay attention to what I have quoted from the Scriptures, you won’t be proud of one of your leaders at the expense of another.

1Cor 4:9

Instead, I sometimes think God has put us apostles on display, like prisoners of war at the end of a victor’s parade, condemned to die. We have become a spectacle to the entire world — to people and angels alike.

1Cor 4:17

That’s why I have sent Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of how I follow Christ Jesus, just as I teach in all the churches wherever I go.

1Cor 4:18

Some of you have become arrogant, thinking I will not visit you again.

1Cor 4:20

For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God’s power.

1Cor 5:2

You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.

1Cor 5:4

in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church. I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus.

1Cor 5:6

Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?

1Cor 5:7

Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.

1Cor 5:8

So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread of sincerity and truth.

1Cor 6:1

1 When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers!

1Cor 6:6

But instead, one believer sues another — right in front of unbelievers!

1Cor 6:9

Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality,

1Cor 6:10

or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people — none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.

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