哥林多前書 13
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
愛的真諦
13 即使我能說人類和天使的各種語言，如果沒有愛，我不過像咣咣作響的鑼和鈸。 2 即使我能作先知講道，又明白各樣的奧祕，而且學問淵博，甚至有移開山嶺的信心，如果沒有愛，我仍然算不了什麼。 3 即使我傾家蕩產賙濟窮人，甚至捨己捐軀任人焚燒，如果沒有愛，對我也毫無益處。
4 愛是恆久忍耐，又有恩慈。愛是不嫉妒，不自吹自擂，不驕傲自大， 5 不輕浮無禮；不自私自利，不輕易動怒，不懷怨記恨； 6 不喜愛不義，只喜愛真理。 7 凡事能包容，凡事有信心，凡事有盼望，凡事能忍耐。
8 愛永不止息。然而，先知講道的恩賜終會過去，說方言的恩賜也會停止，學問也將成為過去。 9 我們現在知道的有限，講道的恩賜也有限， 10 等那全備的來到，這一切有限的事都要被廢棄。
11 當我是小孩子的時候，我的思想、言語和推理都像小孩子，長大後，我就把一切幼稚的事丟棄了。 12 如今我們好像對著鏡子觀看影像，模糊不清，但將來會看得真真切切[a]。現在我所知道的有限，但將來會完全知道，如同主知道我一樣。
13 如今常存的有信、望、愛這三樣，其中最偉大的是愛。
Footnotes
- 13·12 「看得真真切切」希臘文是「面對面」。
1 Corinthians 13
King James Version
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
哥林多前書 1-8
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
問候
1 我是按上帝旨意蒙召作基督耶穌使徒的保羅，同所提尼弟兄， 2 寫信給在哥林多的上帝的教會，就是在基督耶穌裡得以聖潔、蒙召做聖徒的，以及各地求告我們主耶穌基督之名的人。基督是他們的主，也是我們的主。
3 願我們的父上帝和主耶穌基督賜給你們恩典和平安！
保羅的感恩
4 我常常為你們感謝我的上帝，因為祂在基督耶穌裡賜給了你們恩典， 5 使你們在基督裡凡事富足，有全備的口才和知識。 6 這樣，我為基督所做的見證就在你們身上得到了證實。 7 因此，你們在殷切等候我們主耶穌基督再來的期間，並不缺少任何屬靈的恩賜。 8 我們的主耶穌基督必扶持你們到底，使你們在祂再來的日子無可指責。 9 上帝是信實的，祂呼召你們是要你們與祂的兒子——我們的主耶穌基督相交。
信徒要同心合意
10 親愛的弟兄姊妹，我奉主耶穌基督的名勸你們，要同心合意，不可結黨紛爭，要團結一致， 11 因為革來家的人把各位弟兄姊妹的事情告訴了我，說你們中間有紛爭。 12 我的意思是你們有人說：「我是跟隨保羅的」，有人說：「我是跟隨亞波羅的」，有人說：「我是跟隨彼得的」，有人說：「我是跟隨基督的」。 13 難道基督是分成幾派的嗎？替你們釘十字架的是保羅嗎？你們是奉保羅的名受洗的嗎？
14 感謝上帝，除了基利司布和該猶以外，我沒有為你們任何人施洗， 15 所以沒有人能說是奉我的名受洗的。 16 不錯，我也曾為司提法納的家人施洗，除此以外，我不記得還為誰施洗了。 17 基督不是差遣我去為人施洗，而是去傳揚福音，而且不用高言大智，免得基督十字架的能力被抹摋。
上帝的智慧
18 因為十字架之道在將要滅亡的人看來是愚昧的，但對我們這些得救的人來說卻是上帝的大能， 19 正如聖經上說：「我要摧毀智者的智慧，廢棄明哲的聰明。」
20 這個世代所謂的智者、學者、雄辯家在哪裡？上帝豈不是把這世上的智慧都變成愚昧了嗎？ 21 上帝運用自己的智慧不讓世人憑自己的智慧去認識祂，祂樂意採用世人看為愚昧的道理去拯救那些相信的人，這就是上帝的智慧。
22 猶太人要看神蹟，希臘人尋求智慧， 23 但我們傳講被釘十字架的基督。這對猶太人來說是絆腳石，對外族人來說是愚昧的。 24 但對於蒙召的人，無論是猶太人還是希臘人，基督是上帝的能力、上帝的智慧。 25 因為上帝的「愚昧」也勝過世人的智慧，上帝的「軟弱」也勝過世人的剛強。
26 弟兄姊妹，想想你們蒙召時的情形。按人的標準來衡量，你們當中稱得上有智慧的不多，有能力的不多，出身名門望族的也不多。 27 但上帝揀選了世人看為愚昧的，要使智者羞愧；上帝揀選了世上軟弱的，要使強者蒙羞； 28 上帝揀選了世上卑賤的、被藐視的和無足輕重的，要使世人看為舉足輕重的變得無足輕重。 29 這樣，誰都不能在上帝面前自誇了。
30 上帝使你們活在基督耶穌裡，祂使基督耶穌成為我們的智慧、公義、聖潔和救贖。 31 所以，正如聖經上說：「要誇耀，就當誇耀主的作為。」
信仰的基礎
2 弟兄姊妹，我當初到你們那裡傳揚上帝的奧祕，並沒有用高深的言論或哲理。 2 因為我已決定在你們當中不談別的，只講耶穌基督和祂被釘十字架的事。 3 那時我在你們當中很軟弱，害怕，戰戰兢兢。 4 我說話、講道不是靠充滿智慧的雄辯之詞，而是靠聖靈的能力作明證， 5 好使你們的信仰不是以人的智慧為基礎，而是以上帝的能力為基礎。
6 當然我們也跟成熟的人談論智慧，不過並非這個世代的智慧，也不是那些在世上當權、將來要衰亡之人的智慧。 7 我們所講的是上帝隱藏在奧祕中的智慧，是祂為了使我們得榮耀而在萬世以前定好的智慧。 8 只可惜世上當權的人沒有一個明白這智慧。他們要是明白，就不會把榮耀的主釘在十字架上了。 9 正如聖經上說：
「上帝為愛祂的人所預備的，
是眼睛未曾見過，
耳朵未曾聽聞，
人心也未曾想到的。」
10 然而，上帝藉著聖靈將這一切啟示給我們，因為聖靈洞悉萬事，連上帝深奧的事都瞭若指掌。 11 除了人裡面的靈，誰能瞭解人的事呢？照樣，除了上帝的聖靈，誰也不能瞭解上帝的事。 12 我們接受的不是這世界的靈，而是上帝的聖靈，使我們可以領會上帝開恩啟示給我們的事。 13 我們講述這些事，不是用人類智慧所教的話，而是用聖靈所教的話，用屬靈的話解釋屬靈的事[a]。
14 然而，屬血氣的人不接受從上帝來的聖靈的教導，認為愚不可及，無法明白，因為只有屬靈的人才能參透。 15 屬靈的人能夠參透萬事，但沒有人能參透他。
16 「誰曾知道主的心意，
能夠指教祂呢？」
但我們明白基督的心意。
同是上帝的僕人
3 弟兄姊妹，以前我對你們講話的時候，還不能把你們看作屬靈的人，只能把你們看作屬肉體的人，是在基督裡的嬰孩。 2 我只能用奶而不能用飯來餵養你們，因為你們當時不能消化，甚至現在也不能。 3 你們仍然是屬肉體的人，因為你們中間有嫉妒、爭鬥。這豈不證明你們是屬肉體的，行事為人和世人一樣嗎？ 4 你們有的說：「我是跟隨保羅的」，有的說：「我是跟隨亞波羅的」，這豈不證明你們和世人一樣嗎？
5 亞波羅算什麼？保羅算什麼？我們不過是上帝的僕人，各人照著主所賜的才幹引導你們信靠上帝。 6 我栽種，亞波羅灌溉，但使之生長的是上帝。 7 所以栽種的和灌溉的都算不得什麼，一切都在於使之生長的上帝。 8 其實栽種的人和澆灌的人目標都一樣，各人將按照自己的付出得報酬。 9 因為我們是上帝的同工，你們是上帝的園地和建築。
10 我照著上帝賜給我的恩典，好像一位有智慧的建築師打穩了根基，然後讓其他的工人在上面建造。但每個人建造的時候要小心， 11 因為除了那已經奠定的根基——耶穌基督以外，沒有人能另立根基。 12 人們用金、銀、寶石、草、木或禾稭在這根基上建造， 13 每個人的工程將來都會顯明出來，因為到了審判的日子，必用火試驗各人工程的品質。 14 人在這根基上所建造的工程若經得起考驗，他必獲得獎賞。 15 人的工程若被燒毀了，他必遭受損失，自己雖然可以得救，卻像火裡逃生一樣。
16 豈不知你們就是上帝的殿，上帝的靈住在你們裡面嗎？ 17 若有人摧毀上帝的殿，上帝必摧毀那人，因為上帝的殿是神聖的，你們就是這殿。
18 你們不要自欺。如果你們有人自以為在世上有智慧，他應當變成愚人，好成為真正的智者。 19 因為這世上的智慧在上帝的眼中都是愚昧的，正如聖經上說：「上帝使智者中了自己的詭計。」 20 又說：「主知道智者的思想虛妄。」 21 因此，誰都不要仗著人誇耀，因為萬物都屬於你們， 22 無論是保羅、亞波羅、彼得、世界、生命、死亡、現在的事或將來的事都屬於你們， 23 你們屬於基督，基督屬於上帝。
基督的使徒
4 因此，人應該把我們當作是基督的僕人，是上帝奧祕之事的管家。 2 對管家的要求是忠心。 3 我對你們或別人給我的評價毫不介意，我也不評價我自己。 4 就算我今日問心無愧，也不能自以為義，因為評價我的是主。 5 所以，時候未到，不可妄下斷語。到主耶穌再來的時候，祂會揭開暗中的隱情，使人心裡的動機顯露。到時候上帝會給各人應得的稱讚。
6 弟兄姊妹，為了你們的益處，我以亞波羅和自己作例子，好讓你們效法我們不越過聖經的準則，免得有人自高自大、厚此薄彼。 7 誰使你與眾不同呢？你有哪一樣不是領受的呢？既然一切都是領受的，你為什麼還自誇，好像不是領受的？ 8 你們已經飽足了，富有了，不需要我們，自己已經作王了。我倒希望你們真的能作王，好讓我們也和你們一同作王。 9 我想，上帝把我們使徒排在隊伍的末尾，好像被判了死罪的囚犯，讓我們成了一台戲，給全宇宙看，就是給世人和天使觀看。
10 我們為了基督的緣故被人看為愚昧，你們在基督裡倒成了聰明人；我們軟弱，你們倒強壯；你們受人尊敬，我們倒被人藐視。 11 我們至今還是又饑又渴，衣不蔽體，遭受毒打，居無定所， 12 還要親手勞作。我們被人咒罵，就為對方祝福；受人迫害，就逆來順受； 13 被人毀謗，就好言相勸。人們至今仍將我們看作世上的廢物，萬物中的渣滓。
14 我之所以寫這些事，並非是叫你們羞愧，而是像勸誡我親愛的兒女一樣勸誡你們。 15 雖然有千萬老師將基督的事教導你們，但父親並不多，因為我藉著福音在基督耶穌裡成為你們的父親。 16 所以，我勸你們效法我。 17 正因如此，我派了提摩太去你們那裡。他在主裡忠心耿耿，是我所愛的孩子。他會提醒你們我在基督裡如何行事為人，在各地、各教會如何教導人。
18 你們當中有些人以為我不會再去你們那裡，就傲慢自大起來。 19 但主若許可，我會很快去你們那裡。那時我要看看這些驕傲的人究竟是只會空談，還是真有上帝的權能。 20 因為上帝的國不在於空談，而在於權能。 21 到底你們要什麼呢？要我帶著刑杖去呢？還是要我帶著溫柔慈愛的心去呢？
清除淫亂之罪
5 我聽說在你們當中竟有人與繼母亂倫。這種淫亂的事，就是連異教徒都做不出來。 2 你們竟然還自高自大！難道你們不該痛心，把做這事的人從你們當中趕出去嗎？ 3 現在，我雖然身在遠方，心卻在你們那裡。我已經審判了做這事的人，就像親自在場一樣。 4 你們奉我們主耶穌的名聚會時，我的心並我們主耶穌的權能也與你們同在。 5 你們要把這人交給撒旦去毀壞他的肉體，好使這人的靈魂在主耶穌再來的日子可以得救。
6 你們自誇不是好事，豈不知一點麵酵能使整團麵發起來嗎？ 7 你們要把舊酵除掉，好成為真正無酵的新麵團，因為我們逾越節的羔羊——基督已經被獻為祭了。 8 所以，我們不可帶著歹毒邪惡的舊酵守這逾越節，而要用真誠純潔的無酵餅。
9 我以前曾經寫信吩咐你們，不可與淫亂的人交往。 10 我的意思並不是指世上所有淫亂、貪婪、欺詐與祭拜偶像的人。那樣的話，你們將不得不離開這個世界。 11 我的意思是，若有人自稱是信徒，卻淫亂、貪婪、祭拜偶像、毀謗、酗酒、欺詐，你們不要和他們交往，甚至不要和他們一起吃飯。
12 我何必去審判教會以外的人呢？然而，教會裡面的人豈不是該由你們審判嗎？ 13 上帝自會審判教會以外的人，你們要把那邪惡的人從你們當中趕出去。
處理信徒之間的爭執
6 你們中間發生了糾紛，不找聖徒審理，竟敢告到不義的人面前嗎？ 2 難道你們不知道聖徒將來要審判這世界嗎？既然這世界也要由你們審判，難道你們不能審理這些小事嗎？ 3 豈不知我們將來要審判天使嗎？何況今世的事呢？ 4 如果你們有什麼糾紛，你們會指派不受教會敬重的人來審理嗎？ 5 我說這些是要叫你們羞愧。難道你們當中沒有一個有智慧的人可以審理弟兄姊妹之間的事嗎？ 6 你們居然弟兄告弟兄，還告到非信徒面前！
7 你們互相指控，已經是很大的失敗，為什麼不能甘願受欺負、吃點虧呢？ 8 你們反而欺負人、虧待人，而且欺負、虧待的是自己的弟兄姊妹。 9 你們豈不知道不義的人不能承受上帝的國嗎？不要自欺，一切淫亂的、拜偶像的、通姦的、變態的、同性戀的、 10 偷竊的、貪婪的、酗酒的、毀謗的、欺詐的，都不能承受上帝的國。 11 你們當中有些以前就是這樣的人，但靠著主耶穌基督的名和我們上帝的靈，你們已經被洗淨，成為聖潔的義人了。
遠離淫亂的行為
12 凡事我都可以做，但並非事事都有益處；凡事我都可以做，但我不受任何事的轄制。 13 食物是為了肚腹，肚腹也是為了食物，但將來上帝要把這兩樣都廢棄。身體不是用來行淫的，而是為了主，主也是為了身體。 14 上帝已經使主復活了，將來也會用祂的大能使我們復活。
15 難道你們不知道你們的身體就是基督的肢體嗎？我能將基督的肢體與妓女的肢體聯合嗎？絕對不能！ 16 你們不知道與妓女苟合，就是和她成為一體嗎？因為主說：「二人要成為一體」。 17 然而，與主聯合就是與祂合為一靈。
18 你們務要遠離淫亂的行為。人無論犯什麼樣的罪，都是在身體以外，唯獨淫亂的，是得罪自己的身體。 19 豈不知你們的身體就是聖靈的殿嗎？你們裡面住著上帝所賜的聖靈。你們不再屬於自己， 20 因為你們是上帝用重價買來的，所以你們要用自己的身體使祂得榮耀。
論婚姻
7 關於你們信上所寫的事，我認為男人不親近女人是好的。 2 不過，為了避免發生淫亂的事，男婚女嫁也合情合理。
3 夫妻雙方都應當履行自己的義務，過正常的夫妻生活。 4 妻子無權支配自己的身體，丈夫才有權；丈夫也無權支配自己的身體，妻子才有權。 5 夫妻不可虧負彼此的需要，除非雙方同意，才可以暫時分房，以便專心祈禱。以後，二人仍要恢復正常的夫妻生活，免得撒旦趁你們情不自禁的時候引誘你們。 6 我這番話是准許你們結婚，並不是命令你們結婚。 7 雖然我希望人人都像我一樣獨身，但每個人從上帝所領受的恩賜不同，有的是這樣，有的是那樣。
8 至於那些未婚的和寡居的，他們若能像我一樣就好了。 9 但如果他們不能自制，就應該結婚，因為與其慾火攻心還不如結婚為好。 10 我也吩咐那些已婚的人，其實不是我吩咐，而是主吩咐：妻子不可離開丈夫， 11 若是離開了，妻子不可再嫁別人，只能與丈夫復合。丈夫也不可離棄妻子。
12 至於其他的人，主沒有吩咐什麼，但我要說，如果某弟兄的妻子不信主，但樂意和他同住，他就不應離棄妻子。 13 同樣，如果某姊妹的丈夫不信主，但樂意和她同住，她就不應離棄丈夫。 14 因為不信的丈夫因妻子而得以聖潔了。同樣，不信的妻子也因丈夫而得以聖潔了。否則你們的孩子就是不潔淨的，但如今他們是聖潔的。 15 倘若不信的一方堅持要離開的話，就讓他離開好了。無論是弟兄或姊妹遇到這樣的事情都不必勉強。上帝呼召我們，原是要我們和睦相處。 16 你這作妻子的，怎麼知道不能救你的丈夫呢？你這作丈夫的，怎麼知道不能救你的妻子呢？
17 各人應當依照上帝的呼召和安排生活，這是我對各教會的吩咐。 18 如果蒙召時已經受了割禮，不必消除割禮；如果蒙召時沒有受割禮，也不必去受割禮。 19 受不受割禮都算不得什麼，最要緊的是遵行上帝的誡命。 20 各人應當保持自己蒙召時的身分。 21 如果你蒙召時是奴隸，不必因此而煩惱。不過如果你可以獲得自由，也不要放過機會。 22 因為，如果你蒙召信主時是奴隸，現在則是主的自由人；如果你蒙召時是自由人，現在則是基督的奴僕。 23 你們是主用重價買來的，不要做人的奴隸。 24 弟兄姊妹，你們要在上帝面前保持自己蒙召時的身分。
25 關於獨身的問題，主並沒有給我任何命令，但我既然深受主恩，成為祂忠心的僕人，就向你們提供一些意見。
26 鑒於目前時勢艱難，我認為各人最好是安於現狀。 27 已經有妻子的，就不要設法擺脫她；還沒有妻子的，就不要想著結婚。 28 男婚女嫁並不是犯罪，只是有家室的人總免不了許多人生的苦惱，我是盼望你們能夠免去這些苦惱。
29 弟兄們，我告訴你們，時日不多了，從今以後，那些有妻子的，要像沒有妻子的； 30 哭泣的，要像不哭泣的；歡喜的，要像不歡喜的；置業的，要像一無所有的。 31 享用世界之物的，不要沉溺其中，因為現今的世界很快就要過去了。
32 我希望你們無牽無掛。未婚的男子可以專心於主的事，想著怎樣討主的喜悅。 33 但已婚的男子掛慮世上的事，想著如何取悅妻子， 34 難免分心。沒有丈夫的婦女和處女可以專心於主的事，叫身體和心靈都聖潔；已婚的婦女掛慮世上的事，想著如何取悅丈夫。 35 我這樣說是為了你們的好處，不是要束縛你們，是要鼓勵你們做合宜的事，好叫你們殷勤、專心事奉主。
36 若有人覺得對待自己的未婚妻有不合宜之處，女方的年紀也夠大，自己又情慾難禁，就成全他的心願，讓他們結婚吧！這並不算犯罪。 37 如果這人心裡確信自己沒有結婚的需要，又能自己作主，打定主意不結婚，這樣做也好。 38 所以，與未婚妻完婚是對的，但不結婚則更好。
39 丈夫還活著的時候，妻子必須忠於丈夫。如果丈夫去世了，她就自由了，可以再婚，只是要嫁給信主的弟兄。 40 然而，照我的意見，她若能不再婚就更有福了。我想自己也是受了上帝的靈感動才說這番話的。
祭偶像的食物
8 關於獻給偶像的祭物，我們知道大家都有這方面的知識，但知識會使人自高，唯有愛心才能造就人。 2 若有人自以為知道些什麼，其實他需要知道的，他還不知道。 3 但如果有人愛上帝，這人是上帝所認識的。
4 論到吃獻給偶像的祭物，我們知道世上的偶像算不得什麼，只有一位上帝，此外別無他神。 5 雖然天上地上有許多被稱為神的，好像有許多神、許多主， 6 但我們只有一位神，就是父上帝，祂是萬物的源頭，是我們的歸宿。我們也只有一位主，就是耶穌基督，萬物都是藉著祂存在，我們也是藉著祂存在。
7 不過，並不是所有的人都有這種知識。有些人因為以前拜慣了偶像，現在吃到某些食物就覺得是祭過偶像的，因而良心不安，覺得自己被玷污了。 8 其實食物並不能改變上帝對我們的看法，我們不吃也沒有損失，吃了也不會更好。
9 但你們要小心，不要讓你們的自由絆倒那些信心軟弱的人。 10 如果有人看見你這明白以上道理的人竟然坐在偶像的廟中吃喝，他雖然良心不安，豈不還是會放膽吃獻給偶像的祭物嗎？ 11 這樣，你的知識反而令那軟弱的人，就是基督捨命救回的弟兄沉淪。 12 你們這樣得罪弟兄，傷了他脆弱的良心，就是得罪基督。 13 所以，如果我吃某些食物會令我的弟兄在信仰上跌倒，我就情願永遠不吃[b]，免得令他們跌倒。
1 Corinthians 1-8
King James Version
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 their's and our's:
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.
2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
4 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
5 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
6 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
7 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
8 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
哥林多前書 1-2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
問候
1 我是按上帝旨意蒙召作基督耶穌使徒的保羅，同所提尼弟兄， 2 寫信給在哥林多的上帝的教會，就是在基督耶穌裡得以聖潔、蒙召做聖徒的，以及各地求告我們主耶穌基督之名的人。基督是他們的主，也是我們的主。
3 願我們的父上帝和主耶穌基督賜給你們恩典和平安！
保羅的感恩
4 我常常為你們感謝我的上帝，因為祂在基督耶穌裡賜給了你們恩典， 5 使你們在基督裡凡事富足，有全備的口才和知識。 6 這樣，我為基督所做的見證就在你們身上得到了證實。 7 因此，你們在殷切等候我們主耶穌基督再來的期間，並不缺少任何屬靈的恩賜。 8 我們的主耶穌基督必扶持你們到底，使你們在祂再來的日子無可指責。 9 上帝是信實的，祂呼召你們是要你們與祂的兒子——我們的主耶穌基督相交。
信徒要同心合意
10 親愛的弟兄姊妹，我奉主耶穌基督的名勸你們，要同心合意，不可結黨紛爭，要團結一致， 11 因為革來家的人把各位弟兄姊妹的事情告訴了我，說你們中間有紛爭。 12 我的意思是你們有人說：「我是跟隨保羅的」，有人說：「我是跟隨亞波羅的」，有人說：「我是跟隨彼得的」，有人說：「我是跟隨基督的」。 13 難道基督是分成幾派的嗎？替你們釘十字架的是保羅嗎？你們是奉保羅的名受洗的嗎？
14 感謝上帝，除了基利司布和該猶以外，我沒有為你們任何人施洗， 15 所以沒有人能說是奉我的名受洗的。 16 不錯，我也曾為司提法納的家人施洗，除此以外，我不記得還為誰施洗了。 17 基督不是差遣我去為人施洗，而是去傳揚福音，而且不用高言大智，免得基督十字架的能力被抹摋。
上帝的智慧
18 因為十字架之道在將要滅亡的人看來是愚昧的，但對我們這些得救的人來說卻是上帝的大能， 19 正如聖經上說：「我要摧毀智者的智慧，廢棄明哲的聰明。」
20 這個世代所謂的智者、學者、雄辯家在哪裡？上帝豈不是把這世上的智慧都變成愚昧了嗎？ 21 上帝運用自己的智慧不讓世人憑自己的智慧去認識祂，祂樂意採用世人看為愚昧的道理去拯救那些相信的人，這就是上帝的智慧。
22 猶太人要看神蹟，希臘人尋求智慧， 23 但我們傳講被釘十字架的基督。這對猶太人來說是絆腳石，對外族人來說是愚昧的。 24 但對於蒙召的人，無論是猶太人還是希臘人，基督是上帝的能力、上帝的智慧。 25 因為上帝的「愚昧」也勝過世人的智慧，上帝的「軟弱」也勝過世人的剛強。
26 弟兄姊妹，想想你們蒙召時的情形。按人的標準來衡量，你們當中稱得上有智慧的不多，有能力的不多，出身名門望族的也不多。 27 但上帝揀選了世人看為愚昧的，要使智者羞愧；上帝揀選了世上軟弱的，要使強者蒙羞； 28 上帝揀選了世上卑賤的、被藐視的和無足輕重的，要使世人看為舉足輕重的變得無足輕重。 29 這樣，誰都不能在上帝面前自誇了。
30 上帝使你們活在基督耶穌裡，祂使基督耶穌成為我們的智慧、公義、聖潔和救贖。 31 所以，正如聖經上說：「要誇耀，就當誇耀主的作為。」
信仰的基礎
2 弟兄姊妹，我當初到你們那裡傳揚上帝的奧祕，並沒有用高深的言論或哲理。 2 因為我已決定在你們當中不談別的，只講耶穌基督和祂被釘十字架的事。 3 那時我在你們當中很軟弱，害怕，戰戰兢兢。 4 我說話、講道不是靠充滿智慧的雄辯之詞，而是靠聖靈的能力作明證， 5 好使你們的信仰不是以人的智慧為基礎，而是以上帝的能力為基礎。
6 當然我們也跟成熟的人談論智慧，不過並非這個世代的智慧，也不是那些在世上當權、將來要衰亡之人的智慧。 7 我們所講的是上帝隱藏在奧祕中的智慧，是祂為了使我們得榮耀而在萬世以前定好的智慧。 8 只可惜世上當權的人沒有一個明白這智慧。他們要是明白，就不會把榮耀的主釘在十字架上了。 9 正如聖經上說：
「上帝為愛祂的人所預備的，
是眼睛未曾見過，
耳朵未曾聽聞，
人心也未曾想到的。」
10 然而，上帝藉著聖靈將這一切啟示給我們，因為聖靈洞悉萬事，連上帝深奧的事都瞭若指掌。 11 除了人裡面的靈，誰能瞭解人的事呢？照樣，除了上帝的聖靈，誰也不能瞭解上帝的事。 12 我們接受的不是這世界的靈，而是上帝的聖靈，使我們可以領會上帝開恩啟示給我們的事。 13 我們講述這些事，不是用人類智慧所教的話，而是用聖靈所教的話，用屬靈的話解釋屬靈的事[a]。
14 然而，屬血氣的人不接受從上帝來的聖靈的教導，認為愚不可及，無法明白，因為只有屬靈的人才能參透。 15 屬靈的人能夠參透萬事，但沒有人能參透他。
16 「誰曾知道主的心意，
能夠指教祂呢？」
但我們明白基督的心意。
Footnotes
- 2·13 「用屬靈的話解釋屬靈的事」或譯「向屬靈的人解釋屬靈的事」。
1 Corinthians 1-2
King James Version
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 their's and our's:
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.
2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
哥林多前書 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
問候
1 我是按上帝旨意蒙召作基督耶穌使徒的保羅，同所提尼弟兄， 2 寫信給在哥林多的上帝的教會，就是在基督耶穌裡得以聖潔、蒙召做聖徒的，以及各地求告我們主耶穌基督之名的人。基督是他們的主，也是我們的主。
3 願我們的父上帝和主耶穌基督賜給你們恩典和平安！
保羅的感恩
4 我常常為你們感謝我的上帝，因為祂在基督耶穌裡賜給了你們恩典， 5 使你們在基督裡凡事富足，有全備的口才和知識。 6 這樣，我為基督所做的見證就在你們身上得到了證實。 7 因此，你們在殷切等候我們主耶穌基督再來的期間，並不缺少任何屬靈的恩賜。 8 我們的主耶穌基督必扶持你們到底，使你們在祂再來的日子無可指責。 9 上帝是信實的，祂呼召你們是要你們與祂的兒子——我們的主耶穌基督相交。
信徒要同心合意
10 親愛的弟兄姊妹，我奉主耶穌基督的名勸你們，要同心合意，不可結黨紛爭，要團結一致， 11 因為革來家的人把各位弟兄姊妹的事情告訴了我，說你們中間有紛爭。 12 我的意思是你們有人說：「我是跟隨保羅的」，有人說：「我是跟隨亞波羅的」，有人說：「我是跟隨彼得的」，有人說：「我是跟隨基督的」。 13 難道基督是分成幾派的嗎？替你們釘十字架的是保羅嗎？你們是奉保羅的名受洗的嗎？
14 感謝上帝，除了基利司布和該猶以外，我沒有為你們任何人施洗， 15 所以沒有人能說是奉我的名受洗的。 16 不錯，我也曾為司提法納的家人施洗，除此以外，我不記得還為誰施洗了。 17 基督不是差遣我去為人施洗，而是去傳揚福音，而且不用高言大智，免得基督十字架的能力被抹摋。
上帝的智慧
18 因為十字架之道在將要滅亡的人看來是愚昧的，但對我們這些得救的人來說卻是上帝的大能， 19 正如聖經上說：「我要摧毀智者的智慧，廢棄明哲的聰明。」
20 這個世代所謂的智者、學者、雄辯家在哪裡？上帝豈不是把這世上的智慧都變成愚昧了嗎？ 21 上帝運用自己的智慧不讓世人憑自己的智慧去認識祂，祂樂意採用世人看為愚昧的道理去拯救那些相信的人，這就是上帝的智慧。
22 猶太人要看神蹟，希臘人尋求智慧， 23 但我們傳講被釘十字架的基督。這對猶太人來說是絆腳石，對外族人來說是愚昧的。 24 但對於蒙召的人，無論是猶太人還是希臘人，基督是上帝的能力、上帝的智慧。 25 因為上帝的「愚昧」也勝過世人的智慧，上帝的「軟弱」也勝過世人的剛強。
26 弟兄姊妹，想想你們蒙召時的情形。按人的標準來衡量，你們當中稱得上有智慧的不多，有能力的不多，出身名門望族的也不多。 27 但上帝揀選了世人看為愚昧的，要使智者羞愧；上帝揀選了世上軟弱的，要使強者蒙羞； 28 上帝揀選了世上卑賤的、被藐視的和無足輕重的，要使世人看為舉足輕重的變得無足輕重。 29 這樣，誰都不能在上帝面前自誇了。
30 上帝使你們活在基督耶穌裡，祂使基督耶穌成為我們的智慧、公義、聖潔和救贖。 31 所以，正如聖經上說：「要誇耀，就當誇耀主的作為。」
1 Corinthians 1
King James Version
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 their's and our's:
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.