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New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Corinthians 1:12-31

12Now I mean this, that 1each one of you is saying, “I am 2with Paul,” 3or “I am 4with 5Apollos,” 6or “I am 7with 89Cephas,” 10or “I am 11with Christ.” 1312Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you 13baptized 14in the name of Paul? 14I am thankful that I 15baptized none of you except 16Crispus and 17Gaius, 15so that no one would say you were baptized 18in my name! 16But I did baptize the 19household of Stephanas also; beyond that, I do not know if I baptized anyone else. 1720For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, 21not with 22cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.

18For the word of the cross is 23foolishness to 24those who 25are perishing, but to us who 26are being saved it is 27the power of God. 19For it is written: “28I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the understanding of those who have understanding, I will confound.” 2029Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of 30this age? Has God not 31made foolish the wisdom of 32the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God 33the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, 34God 35was pleased through the 36foolishness of the 37message preached to 38save those who believe. 22For indeed 39Jews ask for 40signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 23but we preach 4142Christ crucified, 43to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles 44foolishness, 24but to those who are 45the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ 46the power of God and 47the wisdom of God. 25For the 48foolishness of God is wiser than mankind, and 49the weakness of God is stronger than mankind.

26For 50consider your 51calling, brothers and sisters, that there were 52not many wise according to 53the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27but 54God has chosen the foolish things of 55the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of 56the world to shame the things which are strong, 28and the 57insignificant things of 58the world and the despised God has chosen, 59the things that are not, so that He may 60nullify the things that are, 29so that 61no 62human may boast before God. 30But it is 63due to Him that you are in 64Christ Jesus, who became to us 65wisdom from God, 66and 67righteousness and 68sanctification, and 69redemption, 31so that, just as it is written: “70Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

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  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Matt 23:8-10; 1 Cor 3:4 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit and ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Acts 18:24; 1 Cor 3:22 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit and ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Peter’s Aramaic name ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 1:12 John 1:42; 1 Cor 3:22; 9:5; 15:5 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit and ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 1:12 Lit of ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Or Christ has been divided! or Christ is divided! ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Matt 28:19; Acts 2:38 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 1:13 Lit into ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 1:14 Acts 18:8 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 1:14 Acts 18:8 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 1:14 Rom 16:23 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Corinthians 1:15 Lit into ↩
  19. 19. 1 Corinthians 1:16 1 Cor 16:15, 17 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Corinthians 1:17 John 4:2; Acts 10:48 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Corinthians 1:17 1 Cor 2:1, 4, 13; 2 Cor 10:10; 11:6 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Corinthians 1:17 I.e., persuasive rhetoric ↩
  23. 23. 1 Corinthians 1:18 1 Cor 1:21, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  24. 24. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Acts 2:47; 2 Cor 2:15; 4:3; 2 Thess 2:10 ↩
  25. 25. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or perish ↩
  26. 26. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or are saved ↩
  27. 27. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:24 ↩
  28. 28. 1 Corinthians 1:19 Is 29:14 ↩
  29. 29. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Job 12:17; Is 19:11f; 33:18 ↩
  30. 30. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Matt 13:22; 1 Cor 2:6, 8; 3:18, 19 ↩
  31. 31. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Rom 1:20ff ↩
  32. 32. 1 Corinthians 1:20 John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; James 4:4 ↩
  33. 33. 1 Corinthians 1:21 John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; James 4:4 ↩
  34. 34. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Luke 12:32; Gal 1:15; Col 1:19 ↩
  35. 35. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Or resolved ↩
  36. 36. 1 Corinthians 1:21 1 Cor 1:18, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  37. 37. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Lit preaching ↩
  38. 38. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Rom 11:14; James 5:20 ↩
  39. 39. 1 Corinthians 1:22 Matt 12:38 ↩
  40. 40. 1 Corinthians 1:22 Or confirming miracles ↩
  41. 41. 1 Corinthians 1:23 I.e., the Messiah ↩
  42. 42. 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 Cor 2:2; Gal 3:1; 5:11 ↩
  43. 43. 1 Corinthians 1:23 Luke 2:34; 1 Pet 2:8 ↩
  44. 44. 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 25; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  45. 45. 1 Corinthians 1:24 Rom 8:28 ↩
  46. 46. 1 Corinthians 1:24 Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:18 ↩
  47. 47. 1 Corinthians 1:24 Luke 11:49; 1 Cor 1:30 ↩
  48. 48. 1 Corinthians 1:25 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 23; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  49. 49. 1 Corinthians 1:25 2 Cor 13:4 ↩
  50. 50. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Lit see ↩
  51. 51. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Rom 11:29 ↩
  52. 52. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Matt 11:25; 1 Cor 1:20; 2:8 ↩
  53. 53. 1 Corinthians 1:26 I.e., human standards ↩
  54. 54. 1 Corinthians 1:27 James 2:5 ↩
  55. 55. 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  56. 56. 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  57. 57. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Or lowly ↩
  58. 58. 1 Corinthians 1:28 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  59. 59. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Rom 4:17 ↩
  60. 60. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Job 34:19; 1 Cor 2:6; 2 Thess 2:8; Heb 2:14 ↩
  61. 61. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Eph 2:9 ↩
  62. 62. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Lit flesh ↩
  63. 63. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Lit from Him ↩
  64. 64. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Rom 8:1; 1 Cor 4:15 ↩
  65. 65. 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Cor 1:24 ↩
  66. 66. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Or both ↩
  67. 67. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Jer 23:5f; 33:16; 2 Cor 5:21; Phil 3:9 ↩
  68. 68. 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Cor 1:2; 6:11; 1 Thess 5:23 ↩
  69. 69. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Rom 3:24; Eph 1:7, 14; Col 1:14 ↩
  70. 70. 1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer 9:23f; 2 Cor 10:17 ↩

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