Thematic Bible
1 Corinthians 1:1 (show verse)
Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
1 Corinthians 1:2 (show verse)
to the church of God sanctified in Christ Jesus that is in Corinth, called [to be] saints, together with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours.
1 Corinthians 1:3 (show verse)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:4 (show verse)
I give thanks to my God always concerning you, because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,
1 Corinthians 1:5 (show verse)
that in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge,
1 Corinthians 1:6 (show verse)
just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed in you,
1 Corinthians 1:7 (show verse)
so that you do not lack in any spiritual gift [as you] eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 1:8 (show verse)
who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:9 (show verse)
God [is] faithful, by whom you were called to fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:10 (show verse)
Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same [thing] and there not be divisions among you, and that you be made complete in the same mind and with the same purpose.
1 Corinthians 1:11 (show verse)
For it has been made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by {Chloe's people}, that there are quarrels among you.
1 Corinthians 1:12 (show verse)
But I say this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," and "I [am] with Apollos," and "I [am] with Cephas," and "I [am] with Christ."
1 Corinthians 1:13 (show verse)
Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 1:14 (show verse)
I give thanks that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
1 Corinthians 1:15 (show verse)
lest anyone should say that you were baptized in my name.
1 Corinthians 1:16 (show verse)
(Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Beyond that I do not know if I baptized anyone else.)
1 Corinthians 1:17 (show verse)
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.
1 Corinthians 1:18 (show verse)
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:19 (show verse)
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."
1 Corinthians 1:20 (show verse)
Where [is] the wise person? Where [is] the scribe? Where [is] the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1 Corinthians 1:21 (show verse)
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:22 (show verse)
For indeed, Jews ask for sign miracles and Greeks seek wisdom,
1 Corinthians 1:23 (show verse)
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,
1 Corinthians 1:24 (show verse)
but to those [who are] called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ [is] the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:25 (show verse)
For the foolishness of God is wiser than human [wisdom], and the weakness of God [is] stronger than human [strength].
1 Corinthians 1:26 (show verse)
For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.
1 Corinthians 1:27 (show verse)
But the foolish [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong,
1 Corinthians 1:28 (show verse)
and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are,
1 Corinthians 1:29 (show verse)
so that all flesh may not boast before God.
1 Corinthians 1:30 (show verse)
But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
1 Corinthians 1:31 (show verse)
so that, just as it is written, "The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."