Christ Is Undivided

1 Paul, ^(A)called as an apostle of Jesus Christ ^[a]by ^(B)the will of God, and ^(C)Sosthenes our ^(D)brother,

² To ^(E)the church of God which is at ^(F)Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, ^(G)called as ^[b]saints, with all who in every place ^(H)call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

^3 (I)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^4 (J)I thank ^[c]my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, ⁵ that in everything you were ^(K)enriched in Him, in all ^(L)word and ^(M)all knowledge, ⁶ even as ^(N)the witness about Christ was confirmed ^[d]in you, ⁷ so that you are not lacking in any gift, ^(O)eagerly awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^8 (P)who will also confirm you to the end, beyond reproach in ^(Q)the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ^9 (R)God is faithful, through whom you were ^(S)called into ^(T)fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁰ Now ^(U)I exhort you, ^(V)brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all ^[e]agree and that there be no ^[f](W)divisions among you, but that you be ^[g]made complete in ^(X)the same mind and in the same judgment. ¹¹ For I have been informed concerning you, my brothers, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you. ¹² Now I mean this, that ^(Y)each one of you is saying, “I am of Paul,” and “I of ^(Z)Apollos,” and “I of ^(AA)Cephas,” and “I of Christ.” ^13 [h]Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you ^(AB)baptized ^[i]in the name of Paul? ^14 [j]I thank God that I ^(AC)baptized none of you except ^(AD)Crispus and ^(AE)Gaius, ¹⁵ so that no one would say you were baptized ^[k]in my name. ¹⁶ Now I did baptize also the ^(AF)household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. ^17 (AG)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, ^(AH)not in wisdom of word, so that the cross of Christ will not be made empty.

Christ the Power and Wisdom of God

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is ^(AI)foolishness to ^(AJ)those who ^[l]are perishing, but to us who ^[m]are being saved, it is ^(AK)the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written,

^20 (AM)Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of ^(AN)this age? Has not God ^(AO)made foolish the wisdom of ^(AP)the world? ²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, ^(AQ)the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, ^(AR)God was well-pleased, through the ^(AS)foolishness of the ^[n]message preached, to ^(AT)save those who believe. ²² For indeed ^(AU)Jews ask for ^[o]signs and Greeks search for wisdom, ²³ but we preach ^[p](AV)Christ crucified, ^(AW)to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles ^(AX)foolishness, ²⁴ but to those who are ^(AY)the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(AZ)the power of God and ^(BA)the wisdom of God. ²⁵ Because the ^(BB)foolishness of God is wiser than men, and ^(BC)the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶ For ^[q]consider your ^(BD)calling, brothers, that there were ^(BE)not many wise according to ^[r]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble. ²⁷ But ^(BF)God has chosen the foolish things of ^(BG)the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of ^(BH)the world to shame the things which are strong, ²⁸ and the base things of ^(BI)the world and the despised God has chosen, ^(BJ)the things that are not, so that He may ^(BK)abolish the things that are, ²⁹ so that ^(BL)no flesh may boast before God. ³⁰ But by His doing you are in ^(BM)Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(BN)wisdom from God, ^[s]and ^(BO)righteousness and ^(BP)sanctification, and ^(BQ)redemption, ³¹ so that, just as it is written, “^(BR)Let him who boasts, boast in the ^[t]Lord.”