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Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, SCode Rom 1:1 2Cor 1:1 Eph 1:1 Col 1:1 2Tim 1:1
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To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - their Lord and ours: SCode Jn 17:19 Act 9:14 Rom 1:7~8 1Cor 6:11 1Cor 1:30
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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. SCode 1Cor 1:2
Thanksgiving
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I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. SCode
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For in him you have been enriched in every way - with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge - SCode Rom 15:14 1Cor 12:8 2Cor 8:7 2Cor 6:10 2Cor 9:11 1Jn 2:20
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God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. SCode 2Th 1:10 1Tim 2:6 2Tim 1:8 Rev 1:2
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Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. SCode Lk 17:30 Rom 8:19 Phil 3:20 Heb 9:28 2Pet 3:12
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He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. SCode Lk 17:24 1Cor 5:5 2Cor 1:14 Phil 1:6 Phil 2:16 Col 1:22 1Th 3:13
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God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. SCode Deu 7:9 Isa 49:7 1Cor 10:13 2Cor 1:18 1Jn 1:3
A Church Divided Over Leaders
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I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, 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, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. SCode 1Cor 11:18 Phil 1:27
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My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. SCode 1Cor 3:3~4
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What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas"; still another, "I follow Christ." SCode Mt 23:9~10 Jn 1:42 Act 18:24
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Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? SCode Act 8:16 1Cor 12:5 2Cor 11:4 Eph 4:5
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I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, SCode Act 18:8 Rom 16:23
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so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.
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(Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) SCode 1Cor 16:15 1Cor 16:17
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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel - not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. SCode 1Cor 2:1 1Cor 2:4 1Cor 2:13~14 2Cor 11:6 2Cor 10:10 2Pet 1:16
Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom
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For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. SCode Act 2:47 Rom 1:16 1Cor 15:2 1Cor 1:23~24 2Cor 4:3 2Cor 2:15 2Th 2:10
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For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate." SCode Job 5:12~13 Isa 29:14 Jer 8:9 Mt 11:25
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Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? SCode Isa 19:12 Isa 44:25 Rom 1:22 1Cor 2:6 1Cor 3:19
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For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
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Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, SCode Mt 12:38
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but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, SCode Gal 5:11 1Pet 2:8
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but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. SCode Lk 11:49 1Cor 1:18 1Cor 1:30 Col 2:3
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For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
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Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. SCode Mt 11:25 Jn 7:48 1Cor 2:8 1Cor 1:20~21
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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. SCode Psa 8:2 Jas 2:5
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God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things - and the things that are not - to nullify the things that are, SCode Job 34:19 Job 34:24 Rom 4:17 1Cor 2:6
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so that no one may boast before him. SCode Jdg 7:2 Eph 2:9
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It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God - that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. SCode Jer 23:5~6 Jer 33:16 Rom 3:24 1Cor 1:2 1Cor 1:24~26 2Cor 5:21 Eph 1:7 Phil 3:9 Col 1:14
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Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord." SCode Jer 9:23~24 2Cor 10:17
NIV Footnotes
  1. 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.
  2. 1:12 That is, Peter
  3. 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
  4. 1:31 Jer. 9:24
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