1 Corinthians 1

9 Ref God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Ref Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

11 Ref For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them `that are of the household' of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 Ref Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos: and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

13 Ref Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?

14 Ref I thank God that I baptized none of you, save Crispus and Gaius;

15 Ref lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name.

16 Ref And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

17 Ref For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

18 Ref For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

19 Ref For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

20 Ref Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

21 Ref For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

22 Ref Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

23 Ref but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

24 Ref but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

25 Ref Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 Ref For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, `are called':

27 Ref but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

28 Ref and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, `yea' and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

29 Ref that no flesh should glory before God.

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