1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea , and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
1 Paulus vocatus apostolus Christi Iesu per voluntatem Dei
et Sosthenes frater
2 ecclesiae Dei quae est Corinthi
sanctificatis in Christo Iesu vocatis sanctis
cum omnibus qui invocant nomen Domini nostri Iesu Christi
in omni loco ipsorum et nostro
3 gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre nostro et Domino Iesu Christo
4 gratias ago Deo meo semper pro vobis
in gratia Dei quae data est vobis in Christo Iesu
5 quia in omnibus divites facti estis in illo
in omni verbo et in omni scientia
6 sicut testimonium Christi confirmatum est in vobis
7 ita ut nihil vobis desit in ulla gratia
expectantibus revelationem Domini nostri Iesu Christi
8 qui et confirmabit vos usque ad finem sine
crimine
in die adventus Domini nostri Iesu Christi
9 fidelis Deus per quem vocati estis
in societatem Filii eius Iesu Christi Domini nostri
10 obsecro autem vos fratres per nomen Domini nostri Iesu Christi
ut id ipsum dicatis omnes
et non sint in vobis scismata
sitis autem perfecti in eodem sensu et in eadem sententia
11 significatum est enim mihi de vobis fratres mei
ab his qui sunt Chloes
quia contentiones inter vos sunt
12 hoc autem dico quod unusquisque vestrum dicit
ego quidem sum Pauli ego autem Apollo
ego vero Cephae ego autem Christi
13 divisus est Christus
numquid Paulus crucifixus est pro vobis
aut in nomine Pauli baptizati estis
14 gratias ago Deo quod neminem vestrum baptizavi
nisi Crispum et Gaium
15 ne quis dicat quod in nomine meo baptizati sitis
16 baptizavi autem et Stephanae domum
ceterum nescio si quem alium baptizaverim
17 non enim misit me Christus baptizare sed evangelizare
non in sapientia verbi ut non evacuetur crux Christi
18 verbum enim crucis pereuntibus quidem stultitia est
his autem qui salvi fiunt id est nobis virtus Dei est
19 scriptum est enim perdam sapientiam sapientium
et prudentiam prudentium reprobabo
20 ubi sapiens ubi scriba
ubi conquisitor huius saeculi
nonne stultam fecit Deus sapientiam huius mundi
21 nam quia in Dei sapientia non cognovit mundus per sapientiam
Deum
placuit Deo per stultitiam praedicationis salvos facere credentes
22 quoniam et Iudaei signa petunt
et Graeci sapientiam quaerunt
23 nos autem praedicamus Christum crucifixum
Iudaeis quidem scandalum gentibus autem stultitiam
24 ipsis autem vocatis Iudaeis atque Graecis
Christum Dei virtutem et Dei sapientiam
25 quia quod stultum est Dei sapientius est hominibus
et quod infirmum est Dei fortius est hominibus
26 videte enim vocationem vestram fratres
quia non multi sapientes secundum carnem
non multi potentes non multi nobiles
27 sed quae stulta sunt mundi elegit Deus ut confundat sapientes
et infirma mundi elegit Deus ut confundat fortia
28 et ignobilia mundi et contemptibilia elegit Deus et quae
non sunt
ut ea quae sunt destrueret
29 ut non glorietur omnis caro in conspectu eius
30 ex ipso autem vos estis in Christo Iesu
qui factus est sapientia nobis a Deo
et iustitia et sanctificatio et redemptio
31 ut quemadmodum scriptum est
qui gloriatur in Domino glorietur