1 Corinthians 1

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1 Paul, called to be an apostle^(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,^(B) and our brother Sosthenes,^(C)

²To 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:

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

Thanksgiving

⁴I always thank my God for you^(I) because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. ⁵For in him you have been enriched^(J) in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge^(K)— ⁶God thus confirming our testimony^(L) about Christ among you. ⁷Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift^(M) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.^(N) ⁸He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless^(O) on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.^(P) ⁹God is faithful,^(Q) who has called you^(R) into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.^(S)

A Church Divided Over Leaders

¹⁰I 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. ¹¹My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household^(W) have informed me that there are quarrels among you. ¹²What 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.”

¹³Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?^(AA) ¹⁴I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus^(AB) and Gaius,^(AC) ¹⁵so 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.) ¹⁷For 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

¹⁸For 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) ¹⁹For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”^[c]^(AL)

²⁰Where 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? ²¹For 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) ²²Jews demand signs^(AS) and Greeks look for wisdom, ²³but we preach Christ crucified:^(AT) a stumbling block^(AU) to Jews and foolishness^(AV) to Gentiles, ²⁴but to those whom God has called,^(AW) both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God^(AX) and the wisdom of God.^(AY) ²⁵For the foolishness^(AZ) of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness^(BA) of God is stronger than human strength.

²⁶Brothers 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. ²⁷But 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. ²⁸God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not^(BF)—to nullify the things that are, ²⁹so that no one may boast before him.^(BG) ³⁰It 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) ³¹Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”^[d]^(BL)

Notas al pie

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

Job 26-29

New International Version

Job

26 Then Job replied:

²“How you have helped the powerless!^(A)
    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!^(B)
³What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight^(C) you have displayed!
⁴Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?^(D)

⁵“The dead are in deep anguish,^(E)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
⁶The realm of the dead^(F) is naked before God;
    Destruction^[a]^(G) lies uncovered.^(H)
⁷He spreads out the northern skies^(I) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.^(J)
⁸He wraps up the waters^(K) in his clouds,^(L)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
⁹He covers the face of the full moon,
    spreading his clouds^(M) over it.
¹⁰He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters^(N)
    for a boundary between light and darkness.^(O)
¹¹The pillars of the heavens quake,^(P)
    aghast at his rebuke.
¹²By his power he churned up the sea;^(Q)
    by his wisdom^(R) he cut Rahab^(S) to pieces.
¹³By his breath the skies^(T) became fair;
    his hand pierced the gliding serpent.^(U)
¹⁴And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
    how faint the whisper^(V) we hear of him!^(W)
    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”^(X)

Job’s Final Word to His Friends

27 And Job continued his discourse:^(Y)

²“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,^(Z)
    the Almighty,^(AA) who has made my life bitter,^(AB)
³as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God^(AC) in my nostrils,
⁴my lips will not say anything wicked,
    and my tongue will not utter lies.^(AD)
⁵I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.^(AE)
⁶I will maintain my innocence^(AF) and never let go of it;
    my conscience^(AG) will not reproach me as long as I live.^(AH)

⁷“May my enemy be like the wicked,^(AI)
    my adversary^(AJ) like the unjust!
⁸For what hope have the godless^(AK) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?^(AL)
⁹Does God listen to their cry
    when distress comes upon them?^(AM)
¹⁰Will they find delight in the Almighty?^(AN)
    Will they call on God at all times?

¹¹“I will teach you about the power of God;
the ways^(AO) of the Almighty I will not conceal.^(AP)
¹²You have all seen this yourselves.
Why then this meaningless talk?

¹³“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
    the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:^(AQ)
¹⁴However many his children,^(AR) their fate is the sword;^(AS)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.^(AT)
¹⁵The plague will bury those who survive him,
    and their widows will not weep for them.^(AU)
¹⁶Though he heaps up silver like dust^(AV)
    and clothes like piles of clay,^(AW)
¹⁷what he lays up^(AX) the righteous will wear,^(AY)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.^(AZ)
¹⁸The house^(BA) he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,^(BB)
    like a hut^(BC) made by a watchman.
¹⁹He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;^(BD)
    when he opens his eyes, all is gone.^(BE)
²⁰Terrors^(BF) overtake him like a flood;^(BG)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.^(BH)
²¹The east wind^(BI) carries him off, and he is gone;^(BJ)
    it sweeps him out of his place.^(BK)
²²It hurls itself against him without mercy^(BL)
    as he flees headlong^(BM) from its power.^(BN)
²³It claps its hands^(BO) in derision
    and hisses him out of his place.”^(BP)

Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found

28 There is a mine for silver
    and a place where gold is refined.^(BQ)
²Iron is taken from the earth,
    and copper is smelted from ore.^(BR)
³Mortals put an end to the darkness;^(BS)
    they search out the farthest recesses
    for ore in the blackest darkness.^(BT)
⁴Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,^(BU)
    in places untouched by human feet;
    far from other people they dangle and sway.
⁵The earth, from which food comes,^(BV)
    is transformed below as by fire;
⁶lapis lazuli^(BW) comes from its rocks,
    and its dust contains nuggets of gold.^(BX)
⁷No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
    no falcon’s eye has seen it.^(BY)
⁸Proud beasts^(BZ) do not set foot on it,
    and no lion prowls there.^(CA)
⁹People assault the flinty rock^(CB) with their hands
    and lay bare the roots of the mountains.^(CC)
¹⁰They tunnel through the rock;^(CD)
    their eyes see all its treasures.^(CE)
¹¹They search^[b] the sources of the rivers^(CF)
    and bring hidden things^(CG) to light.

¹²But where can wisdom be found?^(CH)
    Where does understanding dwell?^(CI)
¹³No mortal comprehends its worth;^(CJ)
    it cannot be found in the land of the living.^(CK)
¹⁴The deep^(CL) says, “It is not in me”;
    the sea^(CM) says, “It is not with me.”
¹⁵It cannot be bought with the finest gold,
    nor can its price be weighed out in silver.^(CN)
¹⁶It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir,^(CO)
    with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.^(CP)
¹⁷Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it,^(CQ)
    nor can it be had for jewels of gold.^(CR)
¹⁸Coral^(CS) and jasper^(CT) are not worthy of mention;
    the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.^(CU)
¹⁹The topaz^(CV) of Cush^(CW) cannot compare with it;
    it cannot be bought with pure gold.^(CX)

²⁰Where then does wisdom come from?
    Where does understanding dwell?^(CY)
²¹It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing,
    concealed even from the birds in the sky.^(CZ)
²²Destruction^[c]^(DA) and Death^(DB) say,
    “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
²³God understands the way to it
    and he alone^(DC) knows where it dwells,^(DD)
²⁴for he views the ends of the earth^(DE)
    and sees everything under the heavens.^(DF)
²⁵When he established the force of the wind
    and measured out the waters,^(DG)
²⁶when he made a decree for the rain^(DH)
    and a path for the thunderstorm,^(DI)
²⁷then he looked at wisdom and appraised it;
    he confirmed it and tested it.^(DJ)
²⁸And he said to the human race,
    “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
    and to shun evil^(DK) is understanding.”^(DL)

Job’s Final Defense

29 Job continued his discourse:^(DM)

²“How I long for the months gone by,^(DN)
    for the days when God watched over me,^(DO)
³when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!^(DP)
⁴Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
    when God’s intimate friendship^(DQ) blessed my house,^(DR)
⁵when the Almighty was still with me
    and my children^(DS) were around me,^(DT)
⁶when my path was drenched with cream^(DU)
    and the rock^(DV) poured out for me streams of olive oil.^(DW)

⁷“When I went to the gate^(DX) of the city
    and took my seat in the public square,
⁸the young men saw me and stepped aside^(DY)
    and the old men rose to their feet;^(DZ)
⁹the chief men refrained from speaking^(EA)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;^(EB)
¹⁰the voices of the nobles were hushed,^(EC)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.^(ED)
¹¹Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
    and those who saw me commended me,^(EE)
¹²because I rescued the poor^(EF) who cried for help,
    and the fatherless^(EG) who had none to assist them.^(EH)
¹³The one who was dying blessed me;^(EI)
    I made the widow’s^(EJ) heart sing.
¹⁴I put on righteousness^(EK) as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.^(EL)
¹⁵I was eyes^(EM) to the blind
    and feet to the lame.^(EN)
¹⁶I was a father to the needy;^(EO)
    I took up the case^(EP) of the stranger.^(EQ)
¹⁷I broke the fangs of the wicked
    and snatched the victims^(ER) from their teeth.^(ES)

¹⁸“I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.^(ET)
¹⁹My roots will reach to the water,^(EU)
    and the dew will lie all night on my branches.^(EV)
²⁰My glory will not fade;^(EW)
    the bow^(EX) will be ever new in my hand.’^(EY)

²¹“People listened to me expectantly,
    waiting in silence for my counsel.^(EZ)
²²After I had spoken, they spoke no more;^(FA)
    my words fell gently on their ears.^(FB)
²³They waited for me as for showers
    and drank in my words as the spring rain.^(FC)
²⁴When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
    the light of my face^(FD) was precious to them.^[d]^(FE)
²⁵I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;^(FF)
    I dwelt as a king^(FG) among his troops;
    I was like one who comforts mourners.^(FH)