哥林多前书 1
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
问安
1 照着神的旨意蒙召做基督耶稣使徒的保罗,以及弟兄索提尼,
2 致那在哥林多属神的教会,就是在基督耶稣里被分别为圣、蒙召成为圣徒的人,以及所有在各地求告我们主耶稣基督之名的人。基督是他们的主,也是我们的主。
3 愿恩典与平安从神我们的父和主耶稣基督临到你们!
感恩
4 我常常为你们感谢我的[a]神,因你们在基督耶稣里被赐予了神的恩典, 5 使你们在基督里凡事都得以富足——在一切话语上、一切知识上—— 6 正如有关基督的见证在你们中间得以确立, 7 以致你们在任何恩赐上都不缺乏,热切等待着我们主耶稣基督的显现。 8 他也将使你们坚定到底,使你们在我们主耶稣基督的日子[b]无可指责。 9 神是信实的;你们已经被他召唤,进到与他的儿子——我们主耶稣基督的契合里。
教会中的纷争
10 弟兄们,我藉着我们主耶稣基督的名,恳求你们大家言语一致;你们中间不要分裂,而要在同一个心思、同一个目的上得以完备。 11 我的弟兄们,事实上,克洛伊家的一些人告诉了我有关你们的事,说你们中间有纷争。 12 这就是说:你们各自声称“我是属保罗的”,或“我是属阿波罗的”,或“我是属矶法的”,或“我是属基督的”。 13 难道基督是被分割的吗?[c]难道保罗为你们被钉十字架了吗?或者你们受洗[d]是归入保罗的名[e]吗? 14 我感谢神[f],除了克里斯普和盖尤斯以外,我没有给你们任何人施过洗, 15 免得有人说,你们是奉我的名受洗。 16 我虽然也给司提法纳的一家人施过洗,此外我却不记得是否给其他人施过洗。 17 要知道,基督差派我,不是为了施洗[g],而是为了传福音——并不用智慧的话语,免得基督的十字架落了空。
基督是神的大能和智慧
18 原来,十字架的福音[h]对那些正在灭亡的人来说,是愚拙的;但是对我们这些正在被拯救的人来说,却是神的大能。 19 因为经上记着:
“我将要毁灭智慧人的智慧,
废弃聪明人的聪明。”[i]
20 智慧人在哪里?经文士在哪里?这世代的雄辩家在哪里?神难道不使这世界的智慧成了愚拙吗? 21 实际上,在神的智慧中,世界既然凭智慧不认识神,神就乐意藉着传道的愚拙,拯救那些相信的人。 22 虽然犹太人求神迹,希腊人寻智慧, 23 但我们却传扬被钉十字架的基督——对犹太人来说是绊脚石,对外邦人[j]来说是愚拙的; 24 不过对那些蒙召的人,无论是犹太人、或是希腊人,基督总是神的大能、神的智慧。 25 因为神的愚拙比人更智慧,神的软弱比人更强壮。
当以主夸耀
26 弟兄们,想一想你们所蒙的召唤:按人的标准[k],你们当中[l]有智慧的不多,有权势的不多,出身高贵的也不多。 27 然而神却拣选了世上愚拙的,为了使那些有智慧的羞愧;神又拣选了世上软弱的,为了使那些强壮的羞愧; 28 神也拣选了世上出身低微的、被人藐视的,就是那些不是什么的,为了要废除那些是个什么的, 29 好使所有的人[m]在神面前都不能自夸, 30 但本于神,你们却是在基督耶稣里的。基督耶稣为我们成了从神而来的智慧、公义、圣洁和救赎, 31 为要像经上所记的:“夸耀的当在主里夸耀。”[n]
Footnotes
- 哥林多前书 1:4 有古抄本没有“我的”。
- 哥林多前书 1:8 日子——指“基督再来的日子”。
- 哥林多前书 1:13 难道基督是被分割的吗?——或译作“基督竟然被分割了!”
- 哥林多前书 1:13 受洗——或译作“受浸”。
- 哥林多前书 1:13 归入保罗的名——或译作“奉保罗的名”。
- 哥林多前书 1:14 有古抄本没有“神”。
- 哥林多前书 1:17 施洗——或译作“施浸”。
- 哥林多前书 1:18 十字架的福音——原文直译“十字架的话语”或“十字架的道”。
- 哥林多前书 1:19 《以赛亚书》29:14。
- 哥林多前书 1:23 外邦人——有古抄本作“希腊人”。
- 哥林多前书 1:26 按人的标准——原文直译“按肉体”。
- 哥林多前书 1:26 你们当中——辅助词语。
- 哥林多前书 1:29 人——原文直译“肉体”。
- 哥林多前书 1:31 《耶利米书》9:24。
1 Corinthians 1
The Voice
1 Paul, called out by God’s will to be an emissary[a] for Jesus the Anointed, along with brother Sosthenes, 2 to God’s church gathering in the city of Corinth. As people who are united with Jesus, the Anointed One, you have been set apart for service. You are all called into community to live as saints with all who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed
3 I pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, will shower you with grace and peace.
4 I am continuously thanking my God for you when I think about the grace God has offered you in Jesus the Anointed. 5 In this grace, God is enriching every aspect of your lives by gifting you with the right words to say and everything you need to know. 6 In this way, your life story confirms the life story of the Anointed One, 7 so you are not ill-equipped or slighted on any necessary gifts as you patiently anticipate the day when our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, is revealed. 8 Until that final day, He will preserve you; and on that day, He will consider you faultless. 9 Count on this: God is faithful and in His faithfulness called you out into an intimate relationship with His Son, our Lord Jesus the Anointed.
10 My brothers and sisters, I urge you by the name of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed, to come together in agreement. Do not allow anything or anyone to create division among you. Instead, be restored, completely fastened together with one mind and shared judgment. 11 I have heard troubling reports from Chloe’s people that you, my siblings, are consumed by fighting and petty disagreements. 12 What I have heard is that each of you is taking sides, saying, “I am with Paul,” or “I am with Apollos,” or “I am with Cephas,” or “I am with the Anointed One.” 13 Has the Anointed One been split up into many small pieces? Do you think Paul was crucified for you? Were you ceremonially washed through baptism[b] into the name of Paul? Absolutely not!
Paul knows that if the work of Jesus’ gospel degenerates into a cult of personality, it will hardly resemble true Christianity. If the focus is on Paul, Cephas, Apollos, or any famous religious leader, then that distracts from the person and central message of Jesus. Any cult of personality is intoxicating, and it is often easier to claim to follow a person who can be seen and touched. But Christianity is founded upon the belief that Jesus is the head of the church and that all of His followers serve His will as a part of the royal priesthood.
14 Now I am thankful that I baptized[c] only Crispus and Gaius, 15 so none of you can falsely declare you were baptized in my name. 16 Now wait, as I think about it, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; if there are others in your community whom I baptized, I cannot recall at this moment. 17 The mission given to me by the Anointed One is not about baptism, but about preaching good news. The point is not to impress others by spinning an eloquent, intellectual argument; that type of rhetorical showboating would only nullify the cross of the Anointed.
18 For people who are stumbling toward ruin, the message of the cross is nothing but a tall tale for fools by a fool. But for those of us who are already experiencing the reality of being rescued and made right, it is nothing short of God’s power. 19 This is why the Scripture says:
I will put an end to the wisdom of the so-called wise,
and I will invalidate the insight of your so-called experts.[d]
20 So now, where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the skilled debater, the best of your time? Step up, if you dare. Hasn’t God made fools out of those who count on the wisdom of this rebellious, broken world? 21 For in God’s deep wisdom, He made it so that the world could not even begin to comprehend Him through its own style of wisdom; in fact, God took immense pleasure in rescuing people of faith through the foolishness of the message we preach. 22 It seems the Jews are always asking for signs and the Greeks are always on the prowl for wisdom. 23 But we tell a different story. We proclaim a crucified Jesus, God’s Anointed. For Jews this is scandalous, for outsiders[e] this is moronic, 24 but for those of us living out God’s call—regardless of our Jewish or Greek heritage—we know the Anointed embodies God’s dynamic power and God’s deep wisdom. 25 You can count on this: God’s foolishness will always be wiser than mere human wisdom, and God’s weakness will always be stronger than mere human strength.
The cross challenges human values because no one expects to find freedom through capital punishment. Unlike most of the thousands who faced crucifixion before and after Jesus, He was clearly not a criminal. God uses this contradiction to reveal His power and wisdom: Jesus has offered Himself to death and has been raised to life to bring liberation to others. Those who truly follow this crucified king do not seek power and authority through the normal patterns of the world; they offer themselves in loving sacrifice for others. That is where God’s transforming power is truly revealed in the church.
26 Look carefully at your call, brothers and sisters. By human standards, not many of you are deemed to be wise. Not many are considered powerful. Not many of you come from royalty, right? 27 But celebrate this: God selected the world’s foolish to bring shame upon those who think they are wise; likewise, He selected the world’s weak to bring disgrace upon those who think they are strong. 28 God selected the common and the castoff, whatever lacks status, so He could invalidate the claims of those who think those things are significant. 29 So it makes no sense for any person to boast in God’s presence. 30 Instead, credit God with your new situation: you are united with Jesus the Anointed. He is God’s wisdom for us and more. He is our righteousness and holiness and redemption. 31 As the Scripture says: “If someone wants to boast, he should boast in the Lord.”[f]
Footnotes
- 1:1 Literally, apostle
- 1:13 Literally, immersed, in a rite of initiation and purification
- 1:14 Literally, immersed, in a rite of initiation and purification
- 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
- 1:23 Literally, Gentiles
- 1:31 Jeremiah 9:23–24
1 Corinthians 1
New International Version
1 Paul, called to be an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B) and our brother Sosthenes,(C)
2 To the church of God(D) in Corinth,(E) to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called(F) to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name(G) of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:
3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(H)
Thanksgiving
4 I always thank my God for you(I) because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him you have been enriched(J) in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge(K)— 6 God thus confirming our testimony(L) about Christ among you. 7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift(M) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.(N) 8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless(O) on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.(P) 9 God is faithful,(Q) who has called you(R) into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.(S)
A Church Divided Over Leaders
10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a](T) in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you,(U) but that you be perfectly united(V) in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household(W) have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”;(X) another, “I follow Apollos”;(Y) another, “I follow Cephas[b]”;(Z) still another, “I follow Christ.”
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?(AA) 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus(AB) and Gaius,(AC) 15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (Yes, I also baptized the household(AD) of Stephanas;(AE) beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize,(AF) but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom(AG) and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness(AH) to those who are perishing,(AI) but to us who are being saved(AJ) it is the power of God.(AK) 19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[c](AL)
20 Where is the wise person?(AM) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(AN) Has not God made foolish(AO) the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world(AP) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save(AQ) those who believe.(AR) 22 Jews demand signs(AS) and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified:(AT) a stumbling block(AU) to Jews and foolishness(AV) to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called,(AW) both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God(AX) and the wisdom of God.(AY) 25 For the foolishness(AZ) of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness(BA) of God is stronger than human strength.
26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.(BB) Not many of you were wise(BC) by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose(BD) the foolish(BE) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not(BF)—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him.(BG) 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus,(BH) who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness,(BI) holiness(BJ) and redemption.(BK) 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”[d](BL)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
- 1 Corinthians 1:12 That is, Peter
- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
- 1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer. 9:24
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