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    1 Corinthians · 31 verses

    1 Corinthians 1

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    The quarrel has four banners, and one of them reads “I follow Christ”—which makes Christ sound, rather awkwardly, like the fourth party in the dispute.

    A richly furnished greetingvv. 1–9

    Paul and Sosthenes address the church in Corinth, extending grace and peace before Paul gives thanks for the abundance of speech, knowledge, and spiritual gift among them. They are waiting for the revelation of Jesus Christ, while God is described as the one who has called them into fellowship with his Son and who is faithful.

    The baptismal roll, imperfectly rememberedvv. 10–17

    Then Chloe’s household brings news of quarrels. Paul hears four loyalties being announced—Paul, Apollos, Cephas, and Christ—and asks whether Christ can be divided. In the middle of this solemn argument, Paul is grateful that he baptized Crispus and Gaius, remembers Stephanas’s household as well, and then admits that beyond that he does not remember. The apostle’s memory, briefly, becomes an unexpected character in the dispute.

    The wisdom that arrives looking foolishvv. 18–31

    Paul turns from the quarrel to the message of the cross, which appears foolish to those who are perishing but is the power of God to those being saved. Jews demand signs, Greeks search for wisdom, and the preaching of Christ crucified satisfies neither expectation in the ordinary fashion; yet to those called, Christ is both God’s power and God’s wisdom. The same curious reversal governs the people themselves: not many are wise, powerful, or noble by human standards, while the foolish, weak, lowly, and despised are chosen. Boasting is left with the Lord.

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    1. 1 Cor 1:1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

    2. 1 Cor 1:2To 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:

    3. 1 Cor 1:3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    4. 1 Cor 1:4I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.

    5. 1 Cor 1:5For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

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

    7. 1 Cor 1:7Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    8. 1 Cor 1:8He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    9. 1 Cor 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

    10. 1 Cor 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 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. 1 Cor 1:11My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

    12. 1 Cor 1:12What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”

    13. 1 Cor 1:13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?

    14. 1 Cor 1:14I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

    15. 1 Cor 1:15so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

    16. 1 Cor 1:16Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.

    17. 1 Cor 1:17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

    18. 1 Cor 1:18For 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.

    19. 1 Cor 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

    20. 1 Cor 1:20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

    21. 1 Cor 1:21For 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.

    22. 1 Cor 1:22Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

    23. 1 Cor 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

    24. 1 Cor 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

    25. 1 Cor 1:25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

    26. 1 Cor 1:26Brothers, 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. 1 Cor 1:27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

    28. 1 Cor 1:28He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

    29. 1 Cor 1:29so that no one may boast in His presence.

    30. 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

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

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    • 181 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
    • 10Philippians 2:1–4Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
    • 19Isaiah 29:14Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
    • 18Romans 1:16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
    • 27James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
    • 81 Thessalonians 5:23–24Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    • 92 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
    • 10Ephesians 4:1–7As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
    • 31Jeremiah 9:23–24This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
    • 101 Corinthians 12:25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
    • 182 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
    • 10Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
    • 81 Thessalonians 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
    • 8Colossians 1:22But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
    • 30Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
    • 8Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

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