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1 Corinthians 1

Appeal to Unity

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Paul,  acalled as an apostle of Jesus Christ  1by  bthe will of God, and  cSosthenes our  dbrother,

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To  athe church of God which is at  bCorinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus,  1saints  cby calling, with all who in every place  dcall on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

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

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 aI thank  1my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

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that in everything you were  aenriched in Him, in all  bspeech and  ball knowledge,

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even as  athe testimony concerning Christ was confirmed  1in you,

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so that you are not lacking in any gift,  aawaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 awho will also confirm you to the end, blameless in  bthe day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 aGod is faithful, through whom you were  bcalled into  cfellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Now  aI exhort you,  bbrethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all  1agree and that there be no  2 cdivisions among you, but that you be  3made complete in  dthe same mind and in the same judgment.

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For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you.

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Now I mean this, that  aeach one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of  bApollos," and "I of  cCephas," and "I of Christ."

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 1Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you  abaptized  2in the name of Paul?

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 1I thank God that I  abaptized none of you except  aCrispus and  bGaius,

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so that no one would say you were baptized  1in my name.

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

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 aFor Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel,  bnot in  1cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

The Wisdom of God

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For the word of the cross is  afoolishness to  bthose who  1are perishing, but to us who  2are being saved it is  cthe power of God.

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For it is written, " aI WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE."

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 aWhere is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of  bthis age? Has not God  cmade foolish the wisdom of  dthe world?

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For since in the wisdom of God  athe world through its wisdom did not come to know God,  bGod was well-pleased through the  cfoolishness of the  1message preached to  dsave those who believe.

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For indeed  aJews ask for  1signs and Greeks search for wisdom;

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but we preach  1 aChrist crucified,  bto Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles  cfoolishness,

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but to those who are  athe called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ  bthe power of God and  cthe wisdom of God.

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Because the  afoolishness of God is wiser than men, and  bthe weakness of God is stronger than men.

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For  1consider your  acalling, brethren, that there were  bnot many wise according to  2the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

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but  aGod has chosen the foolish things of  bthe world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of  bthe world to shame the things which are strong,

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and the base things of  athe world and the despised God has chosen,  bthe things that are not, so that He may  cnullify the things that are,

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so that  ano  1man may boast before God.

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But  1by His doing you are in  aChrist Jesus, who became to us  bwisdom from God,  2and  crighteousness and  dsanctification, and  eredemption,

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so that, just as it is written, " aLET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD."



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