Appeal to Unity

Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

just as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you,

so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who will also confirm you to the end, blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, “I am with Paul,” or “I am with Apollos,” or “I am with Cephas,” or “I am with Christ.”

Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.

but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness,

but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

But it is due to Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Foundations for Living

And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but only as fleshly, as to infants in Christ.

For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Servants of Christ

This is the way any person is to regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

We are fools on account of Christ, but you are prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are without honor!

For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed.