Appeal to Unity1 Paul°, acalled° [as] an apostle° of Jesus° Christ° Iby bthe will° of God°, and cSosthenes° our dbrother°, 2 ¶ To athe church° of God° which is at bCorinth°, to those who have been sanctified° in Christ° Jesus°, Isaints° cby calling°, with all° who in every° place° dcall° on the name° of our Lord° Jesus° Christ°, their [Lord] and ours°: 3 ¶ aGrace° to you and peace° from God° our Father° and the Lord° Jesus° Christ°. 4 ¶ aI thank° Imy God° always° concerning° you for the grace° of God° which was given° you in Christ° Jesus°, 5 that in everything° you were aenriched° in Him, in all° bspeech° and ball° knowledge°, 6 even° as athe testimony° concerning Christ° was confirmed° Iin you, 7 so° that you are not lacking° in any° gift°, aawaiting° eagerly° the revelation° of our Lord° Jesus° Christ°, 8 awho° will also° confirm° you to the end°, blameless° in bthe day° of our Lord° Jesus° Christ°. 9 aGod° is faithful°, through° whom° you were bcalled° into cfellowship° with His Son°, Jesus° Christ° our Lord°. [4] ITwo early mss do not contain my aRo 1:8
[5] a2Co 9:11 bRo 15:14; 2Co 8:7 [6] IOr among a2Th 1:10; 1Ti 2:6; 2Ti 1:8; Rv 1:2 [7] aLk 17:30; Ro 8:19, 23; Php 3:20; 2P 3:12 [8] aRo 8:19; Php 1:6; Col 2:7; 1Th 3:13; 5:23 bLk 17:24, 30; 1Co 5:5; 2Co 1:14; Php 1:6, 10; 2:16; 1Th 5:2; 2Th 2:2 [9] aDt 7:9; Is 49:7; 1Co 10:13; 2Co 1:18; 1Th 5:24; 2Th 3:3 bRo 8:28 c1 Jn 1:3 10 ¶ Now° aI exhort° you, bbrethren°, by the name° of our Lord° Jesus° Christ°, that you all° Iagree°° and that there be no° IIcdivisions° among° you, but that you be IIImade° complete° in dthe same° mind° and in the same° judgment°. 11 For I have been informed° concerning° you, my brethren°, by Chloe’s° [people], that there are quarrels° among° you. 12 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°.” 13 IHas Christ° been divided°? Paul° was not crucified° for you, was he? Or° were you abaptized° IIin the name° of Paul°? 14 II thank° God° that I abaptized° none° of you except° aCrispus° and bGaius°, 15 so° that no° one° would say° you were baptized° Iin my name°. 16 Now° I did baptize° also° the ahousehold° of Stephanas°; beyond° that, I do not know° whether° I baptized° any° other°. 17 aFor Christ° did not send° me to baptize°, but to preach° the gospel°, bnot in Icleverness° of speech°, so° that the cross° of Christ° would not be made° void°. [10] ILit speak the same thing IILit schisms IIIOr united aRo 12:1 bRo 1:13 c1Co 11:18 dRo 12:16; Php 1:27
[12] aMt 23:8-10; 1Co 3:4 bAc 18:24; 1Co 3:22 cJn 1:42; 1Co 3:22; 9:5; 15:5 [13] IOr Christ has been divided! or Christ is divided! IILit into aMt 28:19; Ac 2:38 [14] ITwo early mss read I give thanks that aAc 18:8 bRo 16:23 [15] ILit into [16] a1Co 16:15, 17 [17] ILit wisdom aJn 4:2; Ac 10:48 b1Co 2:1, 4, 13; 2Co 10:10; 11:6 The Wisdom of God18 ¶ For the word° of the cross° is afoolishness° to bthose° who Iare perishing°, but to us who IIare being saved° it is cthe power° of God°.
19 For it is written°, [18] IOr perish IIOr are saved a1Co 1:21, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10 bAc 2:47; 2Co 2:15; 4:3; 2Th 2:10 cRo 1:16; 1Co 1:24
[19] aIs 29:14 [20] aJb 12:17; Is 19:11f; 33:18 bMt 13:22; 1Co 2:6, 8; 3:18, 19 cRo 1:20ff dJn 12:31; 1Co 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; Jm 4:4 [21] ILit preaching aJn 12:31; 1Co 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; Jm 4:4 bLk 12:32; Ga 1:15; Col 1:19 c1Co 1:18, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10 dRo 11:14; Jm 5:20 [22] IOr attesting miracles aMt 12:38 [23] II.e. Messiah a1Co 2:2; Ga 3:1; 5:11 bLk 2:34; 1P 2:8 c1Co 1:18, 21, 25; 2:14; 4:10 [24] aRo 8:28 bRo 1:16; 1Co 1:18 cLk 11:49; 1Co 1:30 [25] a1Co 1:18, 21, 23; 2:14; 4:10 b2Co 13:4 26 ¶ For Iconsider° your acalling°, brethren°, that there were bnot many° wise° according° to IIthe flesh°, not many° mighty°, not many° noble°; 27 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°, 28 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, 29 so° that ano°° Iman° may boast° before° God°. 30 But Iby His doing you are in aChrist° Jesus°, who° became° to us bwisdom° from God°, IIand crighteousness° and dsanctification°, and eredemption°, 31 so° that, just° as it is written°, “aLET HIM WHO BOASTS°, BOAST° IN THE LORD°.” [26] ILit see III.e. human standards aRo 11:29 bMt 11:25; 1Co 1:20; 2:8
[27] aJm 2:5 b1Co 1:20 [28] a1Co 1:20 bRo 4:17 cJb 34:19; 1Co 2:6; 2Th 2:8; He 2:14 [29] ILit flesh aEp 2:9 [30] ILit of Him IIOr both aRo 8:1; 1Co 4:15 b1Co 1:24 cJr 23:5f; 33:16; 2Co 5:21; Php 3:9 d1Co 1:2; 6:11; 1Th 5:23 eRo 3:24; Ep 1:7, 14; Col 1:14 [31] aJr 9:23f; 2Co 10:17 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. |
After his salutation and thanksgiving,1 ¶ Paul,º calledº [to be] an apostleº of Jesusº Christº throughº the willº of God,º andº Sosthenesº [our] brother,º 2 Unto the² churchº of Godº which¹ isºª atº Corinth,º to them that are sanctifiedºª inº Christº Jesus,º calledº [to be] saints,º withº allº that inº everyº placeº call uponºª the² nameº of Jesusº Christº ourº Lord,º bothº theirs¹² andº ours:º 3 Graceº [be] unto you,º andº peace,º fromº Godº ourº Father,º andº [from] the Lordº Jesusº Christ.º 4 I thankºª myº Godº alwaysº on¹ª your¹ behalf,º² forº the² graceº of Godº which¹ is givenºª youº byº Jesusº Christ;º 5 Thatº inº every thingº ye are enrichedºª byº him,º inº allº utterance,º andº [in] allº knowledge;º 6 Even asº the² testimonyº of Christº was confirmedºª inº you:º 7 So thatº yeº² come behindºª inº noº¹ gift;º waiting forºª the² comingº of ourº Lordº Jesusº Christ:º 8 Whoº shall¹ª alsoº confirmºª youº untoº the end,º [that ye may be] blamelessº inº the² dayº of ourº Lordº Jesusº Christ.º 9 Godº [is] faithful,º byº whomº ye were calledºª untoº the fellowshipº of his¹² Sonº Jesusº Christº ourº Lord.º [1] Lk 6:13; Jn 15:16; 20:21; Ac 1:2, 25; 18:17; 22:21; Ro 1:1, 5; 1Co 3:9; 6:16; 9:1; 15:9; 2Co 1:1; 11:5; 12:12; Ga 1:1, 15; 2:7; Ep 1:1; 4:11; Col 1:1; 1Ti 1:1; 2:7.
[2] Gn 4:26; 12:8; 13:4, 8; Ps 45:11; Jn 17:17; Ac 7:59; 9:14, 21; 10:36; 15:9; 18:1, 8; 22:16; 26:18; Ro 1:7; 3:22; 10:12; 14:8; 1Co 1:30; 6:9; 8:6; 2Co 1:1; 4:5; Ga 1:2; Ep 5:26; Php 2:9; 1Th 1:1; 4:7; 2Th 1:1; 2:16; 1Ti 3:15; 2Ti 1:9; 2:22; He 2:11; 10:10; 13:12; 1P 1:15; Jde 1:1; Rv 19:16. [3] Ro 1:7; 2Co 1:2; Ep 1:2; 1P 1:2. [4] Jn 10:30; 14:14, 16, 26; 15:26; Ac 11:23; 21:20; Ro 1:8; 6:17; 1Co 1:3; 1Ti 1:14. [5] Ac 2:4; Ro 11:12; 15:4; 1Co 4:7; 8:11; 12:8, 10; 13:2, 8; 14:5, 26; 2Co 4:6; 8:7; 9:11; Ep 1:17; 2:7; 3:8; 6:19; Php 1:9; Col 1:9; 2:3; 3:10; 4:3; Jm 3:13; 2P 3:18. [6] Mk 16:20; Ac 11:17, 21; 18:5; 20:21, 24; 22:18; 23:11; 28:23; Ro 15:19; 1Co 2:1; 2Co 12:12; Ga 3:5; 1Ti 2:6; 2Ti 1:8; He 2:3; 1Jn 5:11; Rv 1:2, 9; 6:9; 12:11, 17; 19:10. [7] Gn 49:18; Mt 25:1; Lk 12:36; 17:30; Ro 8:19; 1Co 4:5; 2Co 12:13; Php 3:20; Col 3:4; 1Th 1:10; 2Th 1:7; 1Ti 6:14; 2Ti 4:8; Tit 2:13; He 9:28; 10:36; Jm 5:7; 1P 1:13; 4:13; 5:4; 2P 3:12; 1Jn 3:2; Jde 1:21. [8] Ps 37:17, 28; Ro 14:4; 16:25; 2Co 1:21; Ep 5:27; Php 1:6, 10; 2:15, 16; Col 1:22; 1Th 3:13; 5:23, 24; 2Th 3:3; 1P 5:10; 2P 3:10, 14; Jde 1:24. [9] Nu 23:19; Dt 7:9; 32:4; Ps 89:33; 100:5; Is 11:5; 25:1; 49:7; Lm 3:22; Mt 24:35; Jn 15:4; 17:21; Ro 8:28, 30; 9:24; 11:17; 1Co 1:30; 10:13, 16; Ga 1:15; 2:20; Ep 2:20; 3:6; Col 1:24; 1Th 2:12; 5:23; 2Th 2:14; 3:3; 2Ti 1:9; Tit 1:2; He 2:17; 3:1, 14; 6:18; 10:23; 11:11; 1P 5:10; 1Jn 1:3, 7; 4:13; Rv 19:11. he exhorteth them to unity,10 Nowº I beseechºª you,º brethren,º byº the² nameº of ourº Lordº Jesusº Christ,º thatº ye¹ª allº speakºª the² same thing,º andº [that] there beºª noº divisionsº amongº you;º butº [that] ye beºª perfectly joined togetherºª inº the² sameº mindº andº inº the² sameº judgment.º 11 Forº it hath been declaredºª unto meº ofº you,º myº brethren,º byº them² [which are of the house]¹ of Chloe,º thatº there areºª contentionsº amongº you.º [10] Ps 133:1; Jr 32:39; Mt 9:16; Mk 2:21; Jn 7:43; 9:16; 10:19; 13:34; 17:23; Ac 4:32; Ro 12:1, 16; 15:5, 30; 16:17; 1Co 4:16; 11:18; 12:25; 2Co 5:20; 6:1; 10:1; 13:11; Ga 4:12; Ep 4:1, 31; Php 1:27; 2:1; 3:16; 1Th 4:1; 5:13; 2Th 2:1; 1Ti 5:21; 2Ti 4:1; Phm 1:9; Jm 3:13; 1P 2:11; 3:8.
[11] Gn 27:42; 37:2; 1S 25:14; Pv 13:10; 18:6; 1Co 3:3; 6:1; 11:18; 2Co 12:20; Ga 5:15, 20, 26; Php 2:14; 1Ti 6:4; 2Ti 2:23; Jm 4:1. and reproveth their dissensions.12 Nowº thisº I say,ºª thatº every oneº of youº saith,ºª Iºº amºª of Paul;º andº Iº of Apollos;º andº Iº of Cephas;º andº Iº of Christ.º 13 Is¹ª Christº divided?ºª¹ was¹ª² Paulº crucifiedºª forº you?º orº were ye baptizedºª inº the² nameº of Paul?º 14 I thankºª Godº thatº I baptizedºª noneº of you,º butº Crispusº andº Gaius;º 15 Lestº anyº should sayºª thatº I had baptizedºª inº mine ownº name.º 16 Andº I baptizedºª alsoº the² householdº of Stephanas:º besides,º I knowºª notº whether I baptized¹ª anyº² other.º 17 Forº Christº sentºª meº notº to baptize,ºª butº to preach the gospel:ºª notº withº wisdomº of words,º lestº the² crossº of Christº should be made of none effect.ºª² [12] Jn 1:42; Ac 18:24; 19:1; 1Co 3:4, 21; 4:6; 7:29; 9:5; 15:5, 50; 16:12; 2Co 9:6; Ga 2:9; 3:17.
[13] Mt 28:19; Ac 2:38; 10:48; 19:5; Ro 14:9; 1Co 1:15; 6:19; 10:2; 2Co 5:14; 11:4; Ga 1:7; Ep 4:5; Tit 2:14. [14] Ac 18:8; Ro 16:23; 1Co 1:4; 14:18; 2Co 2:14; Ep 5:20; Col 3:15, 17; 1Th 5:18; 1Ti 1:12; Phm 1:4; 3Jn 1:1. [15] Jn 3:28; 7:18; 2Co 11:2. [16] Ac 16:15, 33; 1Co 16:15, 17. [17] Jn 4:2; Ac 10:48; 26:17; 1Co 2:1, 4, 5, 13; 2Co 4:2; 10:3, 10; 2P 1:16. God destroyeth the wisdom of the wise,18 Forº the² preachingº of² the² crossº isºª to them¹ that perishºª² foolishness;º butº unto usº which² are savedºª it isºª the powerº of God.º 19 Forº it is written,ºª I will destroyºª the² wisdomº of the² wise,º andº will bring to nothingºª the² understandingº of the² prudent.º 20 Whereº [is] the wise?º whereº [is] the scribe?º whereº [is] the disputerº of thisº world?º hath¹ª notº Godº made foolishºª the² wisdomº of thisº world?º [18] Ps 110:2; Ac 13:41; 17:18, 32; Ro 1:16; 1Co 1:21, 23, 24, 25; 2:2, 14; 3:19; 15:2; 2Co 2:15; 4:3; 10:4; Ga 6:12; 1Th 1:5; 2Th 2:10; He 4:12.
[19] Jb 5:12; Is 19:3, 11; 29:14; Jr 8:9; 1Co 3:19. [20] 2S 15:31; 16:23; 17:14, 23; Jb 12:17, 20, 24; Is 33:18; 44:25; 53:1; Ro 1:22; 1Co 1:19. by the foolishness of preaching,21 Forº after¹ that² inº the² wisdomº of Godº the² worldº byº wisdomº knewºª notº God,º it pleasedºª Godº byº the² foolishnessº of preachingº to saveºª them that believe.ºª 22 Forº¹ the² Jewsº requireºª a sign,º andº the Greeksº seek¹ª after² wisdom:º 23 Butº weº preachºª Christº crucified,ºª unto the Jewsº a² stumblingblock,º¹ andº unto the Greeksº foolishness;º 24 Butº unto themº which¹ are called,º bothº Jewsº andº Greeks,º Christº the powerº of God,º andº the wisdomº of God.º 25 Becauseº the² foolishnessº of Godº isºª wiser² than¹ men;º andº the² weaknessº of Godº isºª stronger² than¹ men.º [21] Dn 2:20; Mt 11:25; Lk 10:21; Ro 1:20, 28; 11:33; 1Co 1:18, 24; Ep 3:10.
[22] Mt 12:38; 16:1; Mk 8:11; Lk 11:16, 20; Jn 2:18; 4:28; Ac 17:18. [23] Is 8:14; Mt 11:6; 13:57; Lk 2:34; 24:46; Jn 6:53; Ac 7:32; 10:39; Ro 9:32; 1Co 1:18, 28; 2:2, 14; 2Co 4:5; Ga 3:1; 5:11; 6:14; Ep 3:8; 1P 2:8. [24] Pv 8:1, 22; Lk 7:35; Ro 1:4, 16; 8:28; 9:24; 1Co 1:2, 9, 18, 30; Col 2:3. [25] Ex 13:17; 14:2; Jsh 6:2; Jg 7:2; 15:15; 1S 17:40; 1K 20:14; Zc 4:6; 12:7; Ro 11:33; 1Co 1:18, 27. and calleth not for the wise, mighty, and noble,26 Forº ye seeºª yourº calling,º brethren,º how thatº notº manyº wise menº afterº the flesh,º notº manyº mighty,º notº manyº noble,º [are called]: [26] Zp 3:12; Mt 11:25; Lk 1:3; 10:21; 18:24; Jn 4:46; 7:47; 19:38; Ac 13:7, 12; 17:34; 1Co 1:20; 2:3, 13; 3:18; Php 4:22; Jm 1:9; 2:5; 3:13; 2Jn 1:1.
but the foolish, weak, and men of no account.27 Butº Godº hath chosenºª the² foolish thingsº of the² worldº toº confoundºª the² wise;º andº Godº hath chosenºª the² weak thingsº of the² worldº toº confoundºª the things which are mighty;º 28 Andº base thingsº of the² world,º andº things which are despised,ºª hath¹ª Godº chosen,ºª [yea], andº things² which¹ areºª not,º to¹² bring to noughtºª things that are:ºª 29 Thatº noºº fleshº should gloryºª in his presence.ºº 30 Butº ofº himº areºª yeº inº Christº Jesus,º whoº ofº Godº is madeºª unto usº¹ wisdom,º and² righteousness,º andº sanctification,º andº redemption:º 31 That,º according asº it is written,ºª He² that glorieth,ºª let him gloryºª inº the Lord.º [27] Ps 8:2; Is 26:5; 29:14, 19; Zp 3:12; Mt 4:18; 9:9; 11:25; 21:16; Lk 19:39; 21:15; Ac 4:11; 6:9; 7:35, 54; 17:18; 24:24; 2Co 4:7; 10:4, 10.
[28] Dt 28:63; Jb 34:19, 24; Ps 32:10; 37:35; Is 2:11, 17; 17:13; 37:36; 41:12; Dn 2:34, 44; Ro 4:17; 1Co 2:6; 2Co 12:11; Rv 18:17. [29] Ps 49:6; Is 10:15; Jr 9:23; Ro 3:19, 27; 4:2; 15:17; 1Co 1:31; 4:7; 5:6; Ep 2:9. [30] Ps 71:15; Pv 1:20; 2:6; 8:5; Is 45:17, 24; 54:17; Jr 23:5; 33:16; Dn 2:20; 9:24; Ho 13:14; Mt 1:21; Lk 21:15; Jn 1:18; 8:12; 14:6; 15:1; 17:8, 17, 21, 26; Ac 26:18; Ro 1:17; 3:21, 24; 4:6, 25; 5:19, 21; 8:1, 9, 23; 11:36; 12:5; 16:7, 11; 1Co 1:2, 24; 6:11; 12:8, 18, 27; 15:54; 2Co 4:6; 5:17, 18, 21; 12:2; Ga 1:4; 3:13; 5:22; Ep 1:3, 7, 10, 17; 2:10; 3:9; 4:30; 5:26; Php 3:9; Col 1:14; 2:2; 3:16; 2Ti 3:15; Tit 2:14; He 9:12; Jm 1:5; 1P 1:2, 18; 2P 1:1; 1Jn 5:6; Rv 5:9; 14:4. [31] 1Ch 16:10, 35; Ps 105:3; Is 41:16; 45:25; Jr 4:2; 9:23; 2Co 10:17; Ga 6:13; Php 3:3. ©2011 by First Gospel Publications, Zion, Ill. All rights reserved. For downloads and more information please visit www.FirstGospel.com. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries Featuring the qBible.com Living Strong's Lexical Map ©2003 by The WWW Chat Bible Compages. All rights reserved. For how to use color-coding please view [www.ChatBible.com/key.html]. |
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