Thematic Bible
1 Corinthians 1:1 (show verse)
From Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother,
1 Corinthians 1:2 (show verse)
to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
1 Corinthians 1:3 (show verse)
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
1 Corinthians 1:4 (show verse)
I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 1:5 (show verse)
For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge --
1 Corinthians 1:6 (show verse)
just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you --
1 Corinthians 1:7 (show verse)
so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:8 (show verse)
He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:9 (show verse)
God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:10 (show verse)
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.
1 Corinthians 1:11 (show verse)
For members of Chloe's household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.
1 Corinthians 1:12 (show verse)
Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," or "I am with Cephas," or "I am with Christ."
1 Corinthians 1:13 (show verse)
Is Christ divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 1:14 (show verse)
I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
1 Corinthians 1:15 (show verse)
so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name!
1 Corinthians 1:16 (show verse)
(I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)
1 Corinthians 1:17 (show verse)
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel -- and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.
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 I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."
1 Corinthians 1:20 (show verse)
Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?
1 Corinthians 1:21 (show verse)
For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.
1 Corinthians 1:22 (show verse)
For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,
1 Corinthians 1:23 (show verse)
but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
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)
Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.
1 Corinthians 1:27 (show verse)
But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.
1 Corinthians 1:28 (show verse)
God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,
1 Corinthians 1:29 (show verse)
so that no one can boast in his presence.
1 Corinthians 1:30 (show verse)
He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
1 Corinthians 1:31 (show verse)
so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."