1 Corinthians 1

1Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,Cross-references: Luke 6:13 · John 15:16 · John 20:21 · Acts 1:2 · Acts 1:25 · Acts 18:17 · +19 more

2to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:Cross-references: Gen 4:26 · Gen 12:8 · Gen 13:4 · Ps 45:11 · John 17:17 · Acts 7:59 · +33 more

3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Cross-references: Rom 1:7 · 2Cor 1:2 · Eph 1:2 · 1Pet 1:2

4I always thank my God concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,Cross-references: John 10:30 · John 14:14 · John 14:16 · John 14:26 · John 15:26 · Acts 11:23 · +5 more

5that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge—Cross-references: Acts 2:4 · Rom 11:12 · Rom 15:4 · Rom 15:14 · 1Cor 4:7 · 1Cor 8:11 · +20 more

6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you—Cross-references: Mark 16:20 · Acts 11:17 · Acts 11:21 · Acts 18:5 · Acts 20:21 · Acts 20:24 · +18 more

7so that you come behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,Cross-references: Gen 49:18 · Matt 25:1 · Luke 12:36 · Luke 17:30 · Rom 8:19 · 1Cor 4:5 · +17 more

8who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.Cross-references: Ps 37:17 · Ps 37:28 · Luke 17:24 · Rom 14:4 · Rom 16:25 · 1Cor 5:5 · +14 more

9God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.Cross-references: Num 23:19 · Deut 7:9 · Deut 32:4 · Ps 89:33 · Ps 100:5 · Isa 11:5 · +36 more

10Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.Cross-references: Ps 133:1 · Jer 32:39 · Matt 9:16 · Mark 2:21 · John 7:43 · John 9:16 · +31 more

11For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.Cross-references: Gen 27:42 · Gen 37:2 · 1Sam 25:14 · Prov 13:10 · Prov 18:6 · 1Cor 3:3 · +10 more

12Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”Cross-references: Matt 23:9 · John 1:42 · Acts 18:24 · 1Cor 3:4 · 1Cor 3:21 · 1Cor 4:6 · +8 more

13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?Cross-references: Matt 28:19 · Acts 2:38 · Acts 8:16 · Acts 10:48 · Acts 19:5 · Rom 14:9 · +8 more

14I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,Cross-references: Acts 18:8 · Rom 16:23 · 1Cor 1:4 · 1Cor 14:18 · 2Cor 2:14 · Eph 5:20 · +6 more

15so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.Cross-references: John 3:28 · John 7:18 · 2Cor 11:2

16(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)Cross-references: Acts 16:15 · Acts 16:33 · 1Cor 16:15 · 1Cor 16:17

17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.Cross-references: John 4:2 · Acts 10:48 · Acts 26:17 · 1Cor 2:1 · 1Cor 2:4 · 1Cor 2:13 · +5 more

18For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.Cross-references: Ps 110:2 · Acts 2:47 · Acts 13:41 · Acts 17:18 · Acts 17:32 · Rom 1:16 · +13 more

19For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”Cross-references: Job 5:12 · Isa 19:3 · Isa 19:11 · Isa 29:14 · Jer 8:9 · 1Cor 3:19

20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?Cross-references: 2Sam 15:31 · 2Sam 16:23 · 2Sam 17:14 · 2Sam 17:23 · Job 12:17 · Job 12:20 · +9 more

21For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.Cross-references: Dan 2:20 · Matt 11:25 · Luke 10:21 · Rom 1:20 · Rom 1:28 · Rom 11:33 · +2 more

22For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,Cross-references: Matt 12:38 · Matt 16:1 · Mark 8:11 · Luke 11:16 · Luke 11:20 · John 2:18 · +2 more

23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks,Cross-references: Isa 8:14 · Matt 11:6 · Matt 13:57 · Luke 2:34 · Luke 24:46 · John 6:53 · +13 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;Cross-references: Prov 8:1 · Prov 8:22 · Luke 7:35 · Luke 11:49 · Rom 1:4 · Rom 1:16 · +7 more

25because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.Cross-references: Ex 13:17 · Ex 14:2 · Josh 6:2 · Judg 7:2 · Judg 15:15 · 1Sam 17:40 · +7 more

26For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;Cross-references: Zeph 3:12 · Matt 11:25 · Luke 1:3 · Luke 10:21 · Luke 18:24 · John 4:46 · +15 more

27but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.Cross-references: Ps 8:2 · Isa 26:5 · Isa 29:14 · Isa 29:19 · Zeph 3:12 · Matt 4:18 · +16 more

28God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,Cross-references: Deut 28:63 · Job 34:19 · Job 34:24 · Ps 32:10 · Ps 37:35 · Isa 2:11 · +10 more

29that no flesh should boast before God.Cross-references: Ps 49:6 · Isa 10:15 · Jer 9:23 · Rom 3:19 · Rom 3:27 · Rom 4:2 · +5 more

30Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,Cross-references: Ps 71:15 · Prov 1:20 · Prov 2:6 · Prov 8:5 · Isa 45:17 · Isa 45:24 · +66 more

31that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”Cross-references: 1Chr 16:10 · 1Chr 16:35 · Ps 105:3 · Isa 41:16 · Isa 45:25 · Jer 4:2 · +4 more