Paul, a  ¹called apostle of Christ Jesus through the  ²will of God, and  ³Sosthenes the brother,

To the  ¹church of God which is  ²in Corinth,  ³to those who have been  ⁴sanctified  ⁵in Christ Jesus, the  ⁶called saints,  ⁷with all those who  ⁸call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is  ⁹theirs and ours:

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

I thank my God always concerning you  ¹based upon the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,

That in everything you were enriched in Him, in all  ¹utterance and all knowledge,

Even as the  ¹testimony of Christ was confirmed  ²in you,

So that you do not lack in any  ¹gift, eagerly awaiting the  ²revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 ¹Who will also  ²confirm you until the end unreprovable in the  ³day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 ¹God is faithful, through whom you were called  ²into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now I beseech you, brothers, through the  ¹name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all  ²speak the same thing and that there be no  ³divisions among you, but that you be  ⁴attuned in the same mind and in the same  ⁵opinion.

For it has been made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of the household of  ¹Chloe, that there are strifes among you.

Now I mean this, that each of you says,  ¹I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of  ²Christ.

Is  ¹Christ divided? Was Paul  ²crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

That no one may say that you were baptized into my name.

And I did baptize the household of Stephanas also; beyond that I do not know if I baptized any other.

For Christ did not  ¹send me to baptize but to announce the gospel, not in  ²wisdom of speech that the  ³cross of Christ may not be made void.

For the  ¹word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the  ¹wise, and the understanding of those who understand I will set aside.”

Where is the wise? Where is the  ¹scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know God, God  ¹was well pleased through the foolishness of the  ²preaching to save those who believe.

For indeed Jews require  ¹signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

But we preach  ¹Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness,

But to  ¹those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the  ²power of God and the wisdom of God.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

For consider your calling, brothers, that there are not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many  ¹wellborn.

But God has  ¹chosen the foolish things of the world that He might shame those who are wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world that He might shame the things that are strong,

And the  ¹lowborn things of the world and the  ²despised things God has chosen, things which  ³are not, that He might bring to nought the  ⁴things which are,

 ¹So that no flesh may boast before God.

But  ¹of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both  ²righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

That as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

And I, when I came to you, brothers, came not according to  ¹excellence of speech or of wisdom, announcing to you the  ²mystery of God.

For I did  ¹not determine to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, and  ²this One crucified.

And I was with you in  ¹weakness and in  ²fear and in much trembling;

And my speech and my proclamation were not in  ¹persuasive words of wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

In order that your faith would not  ¹stand in the  ²wisdom of men but in the power of God.

But we do speak wisdom among those who are full-grown, yet a wisdom not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are being  ¹brought to nought;

But we speak  ¹God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God predestined  ²before the ages for our  ³glory,

Which none of the rulers of this age have known; for if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

But as it is written, “Things which  ¹eye has not seen and ear has not heard and which have not come up  ²in man's heart; things which God has prepared for those who  ³love Him.”

But to us God has  ¹revealed them through the Spirit, for the Spirit  ²searches all things, even the  ³depths of God.

For who among men knows the things of man, except the  ¹spirit of man which is in him? In the same way, the things of God also no one has known except the Spirit of God.

But we have  ¹received not the spirit of the world but the Spirit which is from God, that we may know the things which have been graciously given to us by God;

Which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit,  ¹interpreting spiritual things  ²with spiritual words.

 ¹But a  ²soulish man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him and he is  ⁴not able to know them because they are  ⁵discerned  ⁶spiritually.

But the  ¹spiritual man discerns all things, but he himself is discerned by no one.

For who has known the mind of the Lord and will instruct Him? But we  ¹have the mind of Christ.

And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to  ¹spiritual men, but as to  ²fleshy, as to  ³infants in Christ.

I  ¹gave you  ²milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able to receive it. But  ³neither yet now are you able,

For you are still fleshly. For if there is  ¹jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and do you not walk  ²according to the manner of man?

For when someone says, I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos, are you not men of flesh?

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Ministers through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each one of them.

I  ¹planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.

So then  ¹neither is he who plants anything nor he who waters, but God who causes the growth.

Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each will receive his own  ¹reward according to his own labor.

For we are  ¹God's fellow workers; you are God's  ²cultivated land, God's building.

According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise  ¹master builder I have laid a foundation, and another builds upon it. But let each man  ²take heed how he builds upon it.

For  ¹another foundation no one is able to lay besides that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 ¹But if anyone builds upon the foundation  ²gold, silver, precious stones,  ³wood, grass, stubble,

The work of each will become manifest; for  ¹the day will declare it, because it is revealed by  ²fire, and the fire itself will prove each one's work, of what sort it is.

If anyone's  ¹work which he has built upon the foundation remains, he will receive a  ²reward;

If anyone's  ¹work is consumed, he will suffer  ²loss, but he himself will be  ³saved, yet so as  ⁴through fire.

Do you not know that you are the  ¹temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

If anyone  ¹destroys the temple of God, God will  ²destroy him; for the temple of God is  ³holy, and  ⁴such are you.

Let no one  ¹deceive himself; if anyone  ²thinks that he is wise among you in this age, let him  ³become foolish that he may  ⁴become wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, “He grasps the wise in their craftiness”;

And again, “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are  ¹vain.”

So then let no one boast in men, for all things are yours,

Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come;  ¹all are yours,

But you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.