Paul, ^acalled as an apostle of Jesus Christ ¹by ^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, ¹saints ^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 ¹my 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 ^call knowledge, 6 even as ^athe testimony concerning Christ was confirmed ¹in 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.

10 Now ^aI exhort you, ^bbrethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all ¹agree and that there be no ^2cdivisions among you, but that you be ³made 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 ¹Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you ^abaptized ²in the name of Paul? 14 ¹I thank God that I ^abaptized none of you except ^bCrispus and ^cGaius, 15 so that no one would say you were baptized ¹in 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 ¹cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

18 For the word of the cross is ^afoolishness to ^bthose who ¹are perishing, but to us who ²are being saved it is ^cthe power of God. 19 For it is written,“^aI WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE,AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE.” 20 ^aWhere is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of ^bthis age? Has not God ^cmade foolish the wisdom of ^dthe world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God ^athe world through its wisdom did not come to know God, ^bGod was well-pleased through the ^cfoolishness of the ¹message preached to ^dsave those who believe. 22 For indeed ^aJews ask for ¹signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 but we preach ^1aChrist crucified, ^bto Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles ^cfoolishness, 24 but to those who are ^athe called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^bthe power of God and ^cthe wisdom of God. 25 Because the ^afoolishness of God is wiser than men, and ^bthe weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For ¹consider your ^acalling, brethren, that there were ^bnot many wise according to ²the 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 ^cthe 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 ¹man may boast before God. 30 But ¹by His doing you are in ^aChrist Jesus, who became to us ^bwisdom from God, ²and ^crighteousness and ^dsanctification, and ^eredemption, 31 so that, just as it is written, “^aLET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.”