1Corinthians:1

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* Paul , a called Apostle of Jesus Christ , by the will of God , and Sosthenes , the brother , * to the congregation of God which is in Corinth , sanctified by Christ Jesus , called saints ; with all , in every place , who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , both their Lord and ours : * favor and peace be with you from God our Father , and from the Lord Jesus Christ . * I give thanks to my God always in respect of you ; on account of the favor of God , which was given to you through Jesus Christ ; * that you were enriched with every gift , by him ; even with all speech , and all knowledge , * just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you : * so that you come behind in no gift , waiting for the full manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ ; * who will confirm you till the end , without accusation in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ . * God is faithful , by whom you have been called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord . * Now , brethren , I beseech you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , that you all speak the same thing , and that there be no schisms among you ; but that you be perfectly united in the same mind , and in the same judgment . * For it has been declared to me concerning you , my brethren , by some of the family of Chloe , that there are contentions among you . * And I mention this , that each of you says , I , indeed , am of Paul , and I of Apollos , and I of Cephas , and I of Christ . * Is Christ divided ? Was Paul crucified for you ? or were you immersed into the name of Paul ? * I give thanks to God that I immersed none of you except Crispus and Gaius ; * lest any one should say that I immersed into my own name . * And I immersed also the family of Stephanus : besides , I know not whether I immersed any other . * For Christ did not send me to immerse , but to proclaim the glad tidings ; not , however , with wisdom of speech , that the cross of Christ might not be deprived of its efficacy . * For this doctrine (the doctrine of the cross ) is , indeed , foolishness to the destroyed ; but to us , who are saved , it is the power of God . * «Therefore , it is written ,» 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise , and will set aside the knowledge of the prudent .' * Where is the wise man ? where the scribe ? where the disputers of this world ? Has not God shown the wisdom of this world to be folly ? * For , when , in the wisdom of God , the world , through wisdom , knew not God , it pleased God , through the foolishness of this proclamation , to save them who believe . * And though the Jews demand a sign , and the Greeks seek wisdom ; * yet we proclaim a crucified Christ : to the Jews , indeed , a stumbling block , and to the Greeks foolishness : * but to them who are called , both Jews and Greeks , Christ , the power of God and the wisdom of God . * Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men , and the weakness of God is stronger than men . * For you see the calling of you , brethren , that not many wise men after the flesh , not many mighty , not many noble ; * but God has chosen the foolish of the world to put the wise to shame ; and the weak God has chosen to put the strong to shame ; * the ignoble of the world , and the despised , God has chosen ; nay , those that are nothing , to reduce to nothing those that are ; * that not flesh might boast in his presence . * Of him , therefore , you are in Christ Jesus , who is become to us wisdom from God , justification , also , and sanctification , and redemption . * «So that , as it is written ,» 'Let him who boasts , boast in the Lord .'

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