1 Corinthians 1, side by side

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

¹Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

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:

²Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

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

³Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

⁴I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

⁵For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

⁵That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

⁶because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.

⁶Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

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

⁷So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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

⁸Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

⁹God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

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.

¹⁰Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

¹¹My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

¹¹For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

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

¹²Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

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

¹³Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

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

¹⁴I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

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

¹⁵Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

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

¹⁶And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

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.

¹⁷For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

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.

¹⁸For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

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

¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

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?

²⁰Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

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.

²¹For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

²²Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

²²For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

²³but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

²³But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

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

²⁴But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

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

²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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.

²⁶For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

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.

²⁷But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

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

²⁸And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

²⁹so that no one may boast in His presence.

²⁹That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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

³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

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

³¹That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.