1Cor 1
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Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes
our brother,
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to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all those who in every place are calling on the
name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which was given to you in
Christ Jesus,
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that in everything you were enriched by Him in all speech and all knowledge,
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just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,
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so that you are not lacking in any gift, eagerly awaiting the revelation of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
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who will also confirm you until the end, [that you may be] unimpeachable in the day
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ
our Lord.
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Now I beseech you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak
the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete
in the same mind and in the same opinion.
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For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of Chloe's household,
that there is quarreling among you.
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Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul,"and "I[ ]of Apollos,"and "I[
]of Cephas,"and "I of Christ."
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Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name
of Paul?
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I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
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lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.
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Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I
baptized anyone else.
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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in eloquent wisdom,
lest the cross of Christ should be deprived of its power.
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For 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.
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For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of
the prudent I will annul."
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Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has
not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, God was
well pleased, through the foolishness of our preaching, to save those that believe.
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For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;
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but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness,
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but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the
wisdom of God.
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Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger
than men.
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For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not
many powerful, not many noble, [are called].
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But God chose the foolish things of the world in order that He might humiliate the
wise, and God chose the weak things of the world in order that He might humiliate
the mighty[.]
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And the lowly things of the world, and the despised things God has chosen, and the
things which are not, in order that He might nullify the things which are,
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so that no man may boast before God.
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But from Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness
and sanctification and redemption;
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that, as it is written, "He that boasts, let him boast in the LORD."