1 Corinthians 1 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Appeal to Unity

1 Paul, (A)called as an apostle of Jesus Christ [a]by (B)the will of God, and our (C)brother (D)Sosthenes,

2 To (E)the church of God which is in (F)Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, [b]saints (G)by calling, with all who in every place (H)call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

3 (I)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 (J)I thank [c]my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 that in everything you were (K)enriched in Him, in all (L)speech and (M)all knowledge, 6 just as (N)the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed [d]in you, 7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you eagerly (O)await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 (P)who will also [e]confirm you to the end, blameless on (Q)the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 (R)God is faithful, through whom you were (S)called into (T)fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Now (U)I urge you, (V)brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all [f]agree and that there be no [g](W)divisions among you, but that you be [h]made complete in (X)the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For I have been informed concerning you, my brothers and sisters, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you. 12 Now I mean this, that (Y)each one of you is saying, “I am [i]with Paul,” [j]or “I am [k]with (Z)Apollos,” [l]or “I am [m]with [n](AA)Cephas,” [o]or “I am [p]with Christ.” 13 [q]Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you (AB)baptized [r]in the name of Paul? 14 I am thankful that I (AC)baptized none of you except (AD)Crispus and (AE)Gaius, 15 so that no one would say you were baptized [s]in my name! 16 But I did baptize the (AF)household of Stephanas also; beyond that, I do not know if I baptized anyone else. 17 (AG)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, (AH)not with [t]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.

The Wisdom of God

18 For the word of the cross is (AI)foolishness to (AJ)those who [u]are perishing, but to us who [v]are being saved it is (AK)the power of God. 19 For it is written:

“(AL)I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the understanding of those who have understanding, I will confound.”

20 (AM)Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of (AN)this age? Has God not (AO)made foolish the wisdom of (AP)the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God (AQ)the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, (AR)God [w]was pleased through the (AS)foolishness of the [x]message preached to (AT)save those who believe. 22 For indeed (AU)Jews ask for [y]signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 but we preach [z](AV)Christ crucified, (AW)to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles (AX)foolishness, 24 but to those who are (AY)the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ (AZ)the power of God and (BA)the wisdom of God. 25 For the (BB)foolishness of God is wiser than mankind, and (BC)the weakness of God is stronger than mankind.

26 For [aa]consider your (BD)calling, brothers and sisters, that there were (BE)not many wise according to [ab]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27 but (BF)God has chosen the foolish things of (BG)the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of (BH)the world to shame the things which are strong, 28 and the [ac]insignificant things of (BI)the world and the despised God has chosen, (BJ)the things that are not, so that He may (BK)nullify the things that are, 29 so that (BL)no [ad]human may boast before God. 30 But it is [ae]due to Him that you are in (BM)Christ Jesus, who became to us (BN)wisdom from God, [af]and (BO)righteousness and (BP)sanctification, and (BQ)redemption, 31 so that, just as it is written: “(BR)Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:1 Lit through
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:2 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:4 Two early mss do not contain my
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:6 Or among
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:8 Or strengthen
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Lit say the same thing
  7. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Lit schisms
  8. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Or united
  9. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of
  10. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit and
  11. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of
  12. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit and
  13. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of
  14. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Peter’s Aramaic name
  15. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit and
  16. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of
  17. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Or Christ has been divided! or Christ is divided!
  18. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Lit into
  19. 1 Corinthians 1:15 Lit into
  20. 1 Corinthians 1:17 I.e., persuasive rhetoric
  21. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or perish
  22. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or are saved
  23. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Or resolved
  24. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Lit preaching
  25. 1 Corinthians 1:22 Or confirming miracles
  26. 1 Corinthians 1:23 I.e., the Messiah
  27. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Lit see
  28. 1 Corinthians 1:26 I.e., human standards
  29. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Or lowly
  30. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Lit flesh
  31. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Lit from Him
  32. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Or both

Cross references

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:1 : Rom 1:1
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:1 : Rom 1:10; 2 Tim 1:1
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:1 : Acts 1:15
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:1 : Acts 18:17
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:2 : 1 Cor 10:32
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:2 : Acts 18:1
  7. 1 Corinthians 1:2 : Rom 1:7; 8:28
  8. 1 Corinthians 1:2 : Acts 7:59
  9. 1 Corinthians 1:3 : Rom 1:7
  10. 1 Corinthians 1:4 : Rom 1:8
  11. 1 Corinthians 1:5 : 2 Cor 9:11
  12. 1 Corinthians 1:5 : Rom 15:14; 2 Cor 8:7
  13. 1 Corinthians 1:5 : Rom 15:14; 2 Cor 8:7
  14. 1 Corinthians 1:6 : 2 Thess 1:10; 1 Tim 2:6; 2 Tim 1:8; Rev 1:2
  15. 1 Corinthians 1:7 : Luke 17:30; Rom 8:19, 23; Phil 3:20; 2 Pet 3:12
  16. 1 Corinthians 1:8 : Rom 8:19; Phil 1:6; Col 2:7; 1 Thess 3:13; 5:23
  17. 1 Corinthians 1:8 : Luke 17:24, 30; 1 Cor 5:5; 2 Cor 1:14; Phil 1:6, 10; 2:16; 1 Thess 5:2; 2 Thess 2:2
  18. 1 Corinthians 1:9 : Deut 7:9; Is 49:7; 1 Cor 10:13; 2 Cor 1:18; 1 Thess 5:24; 2 Thess 3:3
  19. 1 Corinthians 1:9 : Rom 8:28
  20. 1 Corinthians 1:9 : 1 John 1:3
  21. 1 Corinthians 1:10 : Rom 12:1
  22. 1 Corinthians 1:10 : Rom 1:13
  23. 1 Corinthians 1:10 : 1 Cor 11:18
  24. 1 Corinthians 1:10 : Rom 12:16; Phil 1:27
  25. 1 Corinthians 1:12 : Matt 23:8-10; 1 Cor 3:4
  26. 1 Corinthians 1:12 : Acts 18:24; 1 Cor 3:22
  27. 1 Corinthians 1:12 : John 1:42; 1 Cor 3:22; 9:5; 15:5
  28. 1 Corinthians 1:13 : Matt 28:19; Acts 2:38
  29. 1 Corinthians 1:14 : Acts 18:8
  30. 1 Corinthians 1:14 : Acts 18:8
  31. 1 Corinthians 1:14 : Rom 16:23
  32. 1 Corinthians 1:16 : 1 Cor 16:15, 17
  33. 1 Corinthians 1:17 : John 4:2; Acts 10:48
  34. 1 Corinthians 1:17 : 1 Cor 2:1, 4, 13; 2 Cor 10:10; 11:6
  35. 1 Corinthians 1:18 : 1 Cor 1:21, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10
  36. 1 Corinthians 1:18 : Acts 2:47; 2 Cor 2:15; 4:3; 2 Thess 2:10
  37. 1 Corinthians 1:18 : Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:24
  38. 1 Corinthians 1:19 : Is 29:14
  39. 1 Corinthians 1:20 : Job 12:17; Is 19:11f; 33:18
  40. 1 Corinthians 1:20 : Matt 13:22; 1 Cor 2:6, 8; 3:18, 19
  41. 1 Corinthians 1:20 : Rom 1:20ff
  42. 1 Corinthians 1:20 : John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; James 4:4
  43. 1 Corinthians 1:21 : John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; James 4:4
  44. 1 Corinthians 1:21 : Luke 12:32; Gal 1:15; Col 1:19
  45. 1 Corinthians 1:21 : 1 Cor 1:18, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10
  46. 1 Corinthians 1:21 : Rom 11:14; James 5:20
  47. 1 Corinthians 1:22 : Matt 12:38
  48. 1 Corinthians 1:23 : 1 Cor 2:2; Gal 3:1; 5:11
  49. 1 Corinthians 1:23 : Luke 2:34; 1 Pet 2:8
  50. 1 Corinthians 1:23 : 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 25; 2:14; 4:10
  51. 1 Corinthians 1:24 : Rom 8:28
  52. 1 Corinthians 1:24 : Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:18
  53. 1 Corinthians 1:24 : Luke 11:49; 1 Cor 1:30
  54. 1 Corinthians 1:25 : 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 23; 2:14; 4:10
  55. 1 Corinthians 1:25 : 2 Cor 13:4
  56. 1 Corinthians 1:26 : Rom 11:29
  57. 1 Corinthians 1:26 : Matt 11:25; 1 Cor 1:20; 2:8
  58. 1 Corinthians 1:27 : James 2:5
  59. 1 Corinthians 1:27 : 1 Cor 1:20
  60. 1 Corinthians 1:27 : 1 Cor 1:20
  61. 1 Corinthians 1:28 : 1 Cor 1:20
  62. 1 Corinthians 1:28 : Rom 4:17
  63. 1 Corinthians 1:28 : Job 34:19; 1 Cor 2:6; 2 Thess 2:8; Heb 2:14
  64. 1 Corinthians 1:29 : Eph 2:9
  65. 1 Corinthians 1:30 : Rom 8:1; 1 Cor 4:15
  66. 1 Corinthians 1:30 : 1 Cor 1:24
  67. 1 Corinthians 1:30 : Jer 23:5f; 33:16; 2 Cor 5:21; Phil 3:9
  68. 1 Corinthians 1:30 : 1 Cor 1:2; 6:11; 1 Thess 5:23
  69. 1 Corinthians 1:30 : Rom 3:24; Eph 1:7, 14; Col 1:14
  70. 1 Corinthians 1:31 : Jer 9:23f; 2 Cor 10:17

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