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Paul, ^(a)called as an apostle of Jesus Christ ^[a]by ^(b)the will of God, and ^(c)Sosthenes our ^(d)brother,

To ^(e)the church of God which is at ^(f)Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, ^[b]saints ^(g)by calling, with all who in every place ^(h)call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

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

^(j)I thank ^[c]my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

that in everything you were ^(k)enriched in Him, in all ^(l)speech and ^(m)all knowledge,

even as ⁽ⁿ⁾the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed ^[d]in you,

so that you are not lacking in any gift, ^(o)awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

^(p)who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in ^(q)the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

^(r)God is faithful, through whom you were ^(s)called into ^(t)fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now ^(u)I exhort you, ^(v)brethren, 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.

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you.

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."

^[h]Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you ^(ab)baptized ^[i]in the name of Paul?

^[j]I thank God that I ^(ac)baptized none of you except ^(ad)Crispus and ^(ae)Gaius,

so that no one would say you were baptized ^[k]in my name.

Now I did baptize also the ^(af)household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

^(ag)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, ^(ah)not in ^[l]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

For the word of the cross is ^(ai)foolishness to ^(aj)those who ^[m]are perishing, but to us who ^[n]are being saved it is ^(ak)the power of God.

For it is written, "^(al)I will destroy the wisdom of the wise , And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside ."

^(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?

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 ^[o]message preached to ^(at)save those who believe.

For indeed ^(au)Jews ask for ^[p]signs and Greeks search for wisdom;

but we preach ^[q](av)Christ crucified, ^(aw)to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles ^(ax)foolishness,

but to those who are ^(ay)the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(az)the power of God and ^(ba)the wisdom of God.

Because the ^(bb)foolishness of God is wiser than men, and ^(bc)the weakness of God is stronger than men.

For ^[r]consider your ^(bd)calling, brethren, that there were ^(be)not many wise according to ^[s]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

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,

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)nullify the things that are,

so that ^(bl)no ^[t]man may boast before God.

But ^[u]by His doing you are in ^(bm)Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(bn)wisdom from God, ^[v]and ^(bo)righteousness and ^(bp)sanctification, and ^(bq)redemption,

so that, just as it is written, "^(br) Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord ."