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I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,

that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

and the God of the peace [be] with you all. Amen.

and the God of the peace shall bruise the Adversary under your feet quickly; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen!

and now having been made manifest, also, through prophetic writings, according to a command of the age-during God, having been made known to all the nations for obedience of faith --

to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to him [be] glory to the ages. Amen.

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

to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place -- both theirs and ours:

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

I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

faithful [is] God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

I give thanks to God that no one of you did I baptize, except Crispus and Gaius --

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God,

where [is] the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.

and to those called -- both Jews and Greeks -- Christ the power 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;

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;