1 Paul,aSee Rom. 1:1 calledb2 Cor. 1:1; Eph. 1:1; Col. 1:1; 2 Tim. 1:1 by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to thosecch. 6:11; [ver. 30]; See John 17:19 sanctified in Christ Jesus,dSee Rom. 1:7 called to be saints together with all those who in every placeeSee Acts 9:14 call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
3 d[See ver. 2 above] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 IfSee Rom. 1:8 give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 that in every wayg2 Cor. 9:11; [2 Cor. 6:10] you were enriched in him in allh2 Cor. 8:7; [ch. 12:8]; See Rom. 15:14; 1 John 2:20 speech and all knowledge— 6 even asi2 Tim. 1:8; [2 Thess. 1:10; 1 Tim. 2:6; Rev. 1:2] the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— 7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as youjRom. 8:19; Phil. 3:20; Heb. 9:28; See Luke 17:30; 2 Pet. 3:12 wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 k[Phil. 1:6; 1 Thess. 3:13] who will sustain you to the end,lCol. 1:22 guiltlessmch. 5:5; 2 Cor. 1:14; Phil. 2:16; [Luke 17:24] in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 nch. 10:13; Deut. 7:9; Isa. 49:7; 2 Cor. 1:18 God is faithful, by whom you were called into theo1 John 1:3 fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be nopch. 11:18 divisions among you, but that you be unitedq[Phil. 1:27] in the same mind and the same judgment. 11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there isrch. 3:3 quarreling among you, my brothers. 12 What I mean is thatsch. 3:4; [Matt. 23:9, 10] each one of you says, “I follow Paul, ” or “I followtSee Acts 18:24 Apollos, ” or “I followuSee John 1:42 Cephas, ” or “I follow Christ. ” 13 v[ch. 12:5; 2 Cor. 11:4; Eph. 4:5] Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were youwSee Acts 8:16 baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you exceptxActs 18:8 Crispus andySee Rom. 16:23 Gaius, 15 so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (I did baptize alsozch. 16:15, 17 the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, andach. 2:1, 4, 13; [2 Cor. 10:10; 11:6; 2 Pet. 1:16] not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
18 For the word of the cross isbver. 21, 23, 25; ch. 2:14 folly toc2 Cor. 2:15; 4:3; 2 Thess. 2:10 those who are perishing, but to usdch. 15:2; [Acts 2:47] who are being saved it iseRom. 1:16; [ver. 24] the power of God.
19 For it is written,
fCited from Isa. 29:14; [Job 5:12, 13; Jer. 8:9; Matt. 11:25] “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart. ”
20 gIsa. 19:12 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age?hch. 2:6; 3:19; Isa. 44:25; Rom. 1:22; [ver. 26] Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22 ForiSee Matt. 12:38 Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach ChristjGal. 5:11; See 1 Pet. 2:8 crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christk[ver. 18] the power of God andlver. 30; Col. 2:3; [Luke 11:49] the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For consider your calling, brothers:mch. 2:8; John 7:48; [ver. 20]; See Matt. 11:25 not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 ButnJames 2:5 God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise;oPs. 8:2 God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, evenpRom. 4:17 things that are not, toqch. 2:6; [Job 34:19, 24] bring to nothing things that are, 29 sorEph. 2:9; [Judg. 7:2] that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made ours[ver. 24] wisdom and ourtJer. 23:5, 6; 33:16; 2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9 righteousness andu[ver. 2] sanctification andvEph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; [Rom. 3:24] redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written,w2 Cor. 10:17; [Jer. 9:23, 24] “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. ”