1 Corinthians 1
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1 Corinthians 1:15-31

15soG2443 that noG3361 oneG5100 would sayG3004 you were baptizedG907 1in my nameG3686. 16NowG1161 I did baptizeG907 alsoG2532 the 2householdG3624 of StephanasG4734; beyondG3062 that, I do not knowG3609 whetherG1487 I baptizedG907 anyG5100 otherG243. 173For ChristG5547 did not sendG649 me to baptizeG907, but to preachG2097 the gospelG2097, 4not in 5clevernessG4678 of speechG3056, soG2443 that the crossG4716 of ChristG5547 would not be madeG2758 voidG2758.

18For the wordG3056 of the crossG4716 is 6foolishnessG3472 to 7thoseG3588 who 8are perishingG622, but to us who 9are being savedG4982 it is 10the powerG1411 of GodG2316. 19For it is writtenG1125, “11I will destroyG622 the wisdomG4678 of the wiseG4680, And the clevernessG4907 of the cleverG4908 I will setG114 asideG114.” 2012WhereG4226 is the wiseG4680 manG4680? WhereG4226 is the scribeG1122? WhereG4226 is the debaterG4804 of 13thisG3778 ageG165? Has not GodG2316 14madeG3471 foolishG3471 the wisdomG4678 of 15the worldG2889? 21For sinceG1894 in the wisdomG4678 of GodG2316 16the worldG2889 throughG1223 its wisdomG4678 did not come to knowG1097 GodG2316, 17GodG2316 was well-pleasedG2106 throughG1223 the 18foolishnessG3472 of the 19messageG2782 preachedG2782 to 20saveG4982 thoseG3588 who believeG4100. 22For indeedG2532 21JewsG2453 askG154 for 22signsG4592 and GreeksG1672 searchG2212 for wisdomG4678; 23but we preachG2784 2324ChristG5547 crucifiedG4717, 25to JewsG2453 a stumblingG4625 blockG4625 and to GentilesG1484 26foolishnessG3472, 24but to thoseG3588 who are 27the calledG2822, bothG5037 JewsG2453 and GreeksG1672, ChristG5547 28the powerG1411 of GodG2316 and 29the wisdomG4678 of GodG2316. 25BecauseG3754 the 30foolishnessG3474 of GodG2316 is wiserG4680 than menG444, and 31the weaknessG772 of GodG2316 is strongerG2478 than menG444.

26For 32considerG991 your 33callingG2821, brethrenG80, that there were 34not manyG4183 wiseG4680 accordingG2596 to 35the fleshG4561, not manyG4183 mightyG1415, not manyG4183 nobleG2104; 27but 36GodG2316 has chosenG1586 the foolishG3474 thingsG3474 of 37the worldG2889 to shameG2617 the wiseG4680, and GodG2316 has chosenG1586 the weakG772 thingsG772 of 38the worldG2889 to shameG2617 the things whichG2478 are strongG2478, 28and the baseG36 thingsG36 of 39the worldG2889 and the despisedG1848 GodG2316 has chosenG1586, 40the things that are not, soG2443 that He may 41nullifyG2673 the things that are, 29soG3704 that 42noG3361G3956 43manG4561 may boastG2744 beforeG1799 GodG2316. 30But 44by His doing you are in 45ChristG5547 JesusG2424, whoG3739 becameG1096 to us 46wisdomG4678 from GodG2316, 47and 48righteousnessG1343 and 49sanctificationG38, and 50redemptionG629, 31soG2443 that, justG2531 as it is writtenG1125, “51Let him who boastsG2744, boastG2744 in the LordG2962.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 1:15 Lit into ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 1:16 1 Cor 16:15, 17 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 1:17 John 4:2; Acts 10:48 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 1:17 1 Cor 2:1, 4, 13; 2 Cor 10:10; 11:6 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 1:17 Lit wisdom ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 1:18 1 Cor 1:21, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Acts 2:47; 2 Cor 2:15; 4:3; 2 Thess 2:10 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or perish ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or are saved ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:24 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 1:19 Is 29:14 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Job 12:17; Is 19:11f; 33:18 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Matt 13:22; 1 Cor 2:6, 8; 3:18, 19 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Rom 1:20ff ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 1:20 John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; James 4:4 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 1:21 John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; James 4:4 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Luke 12:32; Gal 1:15; Col 1:19 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Corinthians 1:21 1 Cor 1:18, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Lit preaching ↩
  20. 20. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Rom 11:14; James 5:20 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Corinthians 1:22 Matt 12:38 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Corinthians 1:22 Or attesting miracles ↩
  23. 23. 1 Corinthians 1:23 I.e. Messiah ↩
  24. 24. 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 Cor 2:2; Gal 3:1; 5:11 ↩
  25. 25. 1 Corinthians 1:23 Luke 2:34; 1 Pet 2:8 ↩
  26. 26. 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 25; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  27. 27. 1 Corinthians 1:24 Rom 8:28 ↩
  28. 28. 1 Corinthians 1:24 Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:18 ↩
  29. 29. 1 Corinthians 1:24 Luke 11:49; 1 Cor 1:30 ↩
  30. 30. 1 Corinthians 1:25 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 23; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  31. 31. 1 Corinthians 1:25 2 Cor 13:4 ↩
  32. 32. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Lit see ↩
  33. 33. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Rom 11:29 ↩
  34. 34. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Matt 11:25; 1 Cor 1:20; 2:8 ↩
  35. 35. 1 Corinthians 1:26 I.e. human standards ↩
  36. 36. 1 Corinthians 1:27 James 2:5 ↩
  37. 37. 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  38. 38. 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  39. 39. 1 Corinthians 1:28 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  40. 40. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Rom 4:17 ↩
  41. 41. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Job 34:19; 1 Cor 2:6; 2 Thess 2:8; Heb 2:14 ↩
  42. 42. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Eph 2:9 ↩
  43. 43. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Lit flesh ↩
  44. 44. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Lit of Him ↩
  45. 45. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Rom 8:1; 1 Cor 4:15 ↩
  46. 46. 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Cor 1:24 ↩
  47. 47. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Or both ↩
  48. 48. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Jer 23:5f; 33:16; 2 Cor 5:21; Phil 3:9 ↩
  49. 49. 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Cor 1:2; 6:11; 1 Thess 5:23 ↩
  50. 50. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Rom 3:24; Eph 1:7, 14; Col 1:14 ↩
  51. 51. 1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer 9:23f; 2 Cor 10:17 ↩

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