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

1:2  To the church of God which meets at Corinth, to those who have received sanctification in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

1:3   Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:4   I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which Jesus Christ gave you,

1:5   that in everything you received enrichment in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,

1:6   even as the testimony concerning Christ received confirmation in you,

1:7  so that you do not lack in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1:8   who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1:9   God remains faithful, through whom you received calling into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1:10  Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that you should have no divisions among you, but that you may reach consensus in the same mind and in the same judgment.

1:11   For I have received information concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that quarrels erupted among you.

1:12   Now I mean this, that each one of you say, "I belong to Paul," and "I belong to Apollos," and "I belong to Cephas," and "I of Christ."

1:13   Has Christ become divided? Paul did not submit to crucifixion for you, did he? Or did someone baptize you in the name of Paul?

1:14   I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

1:15  so that no one would say you received baptism in my name.

1:16   Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

1:17   For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become void.

1:18   For the word of the cross seems foolishness to those who perish, but to us who receive salvation, we recognize it as the power of God.

1:19  For the scriptures state; " I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE."

1:20   Where do we find the wise man? Where do we find the scribe? Where do we find the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1:21  For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God expressed pleasure through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

1:22   For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom;

1:23   but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,

1:24   but to those who have received the calling, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1:25   Because the foolishness of God proves wiser than men, and the weakness of God proves stronger than men.

1:26   For consider your calling, brethren, that God did not call many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

1:27   but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which seem strong,

1:28   and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that do not amount to much, so that He may nullify the things that seem to amount to much,

1:29  so that no man may boast before God.

1:30   But by His doing you dwell in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

1:31   so that, just as the scriptures state, " LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD."