1 Corinthians 1 · Clearspring

Greetings from Paul and Sosthenes

¹Paul, [a] called apostle of Jesus Christ, byGod's will, and Sosthenes the brother,+ ²to the assembly ofGod which is in Corinth, to [those] sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both theirs and ours:+ ³Grace to you and peace fromGod our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.+

Thanksgiving

Philippians 1:3–11; Colossians 1:3–14

⁴I thank myGod always about you, in respect of the grace ofGod given to you in Christ Jesus;+ ⁵that in everything ye have been enriched in him, in all word [of doctrine], and all knowledge,+ ⁶(according as the testimony of the Christ has been confirmed in you,)+ ⁷so that ye come short in no gift, awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;+ ⁸who shall also confirm you to [the] end, unimpeachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.+ ⁹God [is] faithful, by whom ye have been called into [the] fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.+

Unity in the Church

Psalm 133:1–3; Ephesians 4:1–16

¹⁰Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be not among you divisions; but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same opinion.+ ¹¹For it has been shewn to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of [the house of] Chloe, that there are strifes among you.+ ¹²But I speak of this, that each of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.+ ¹³Is the Christ divided? has Paul been crucified for you? or have ye been baptised unto the name of Paul?+ ¹⁴I thankGod that I have baptised none of you, unless Crispus and Gaius,+ ¹⁵that no one may say that I have baptised unto my own name.+ ¹⁶Yes, I baptised also the house of Stephanas; for the rest I know not if I have baptised any other.+ ¹⁷For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain.+

The Message of the Cross

¹⁸For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it isGod's power.+ ¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.+ ²⁰Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has notGod made foolish the wisdom of the world?+ ²¹For since, in the wisdom ofGod, the world by wisdom has not knownGod,God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.+ ²²Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;+ ²³but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness;+ ²⁴but to those that [are] called, both Jews and Greeks, ChristGod's power andGod's wisdom.+ ²⁵Because the foolishness ofGod is wiser than men, and the weakness ofGod is stronger than men.+

Wisdom from God

²⁶For consider your calling, brethren, that [there are] not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.+ ²⁷ButGod has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; andGod has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things;+ ²⁸and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, hasGod chosen, [and] things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;+ ²⁹so that no flesh should boast beforeGod.+ ³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who has been made to us wisdom fromGod, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption;+ ³¹that according as it is written, He that boasts, let him boast in [the] Lord.+

Greetings from Paul and Sosthenes

Thanksgiving

Unity in the Church

The Message of the Cross

Wisdom from God

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