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Text -- 1 Corinthians 1:1-27 (NET)
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Salutation
1:1 From Paul , called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God , and Sosthenes , our brother ,
1:2 to the church of God that is in Corinth , to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus , and called to be saints , with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , their Lord and ours .
1:3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ !
Thanksgiving
1:4 I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus .
1:5 For you were made rich in every way in him , in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge –
1:6 just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you –
1:7 so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ .
1:8 He will also strengthen you to the end , so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ .
1:9 God is faithful , by whom you were called into fellowship with his son , Jesus Christ our Lord .
Divisions in the Church
1:10 I urge you , brothers and sisters , by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , to agree together, to end your divisions , and to be united by the same mind and purpose .
1:11 For members of Chloe’s household have made it clear to me , my brothers and sisters , that there are quarrels among you .
1:12 Now I mean this , that each of you is saying , “I am with Paul ,” or “I am with Apollos ,” or “I am with Cephas ,” or “I am with Christ .”
1:13 Is Christ divided ? Paul wasn’t crucified for you , was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul ?
1:14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius ,
1:15 so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name !
1:16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanus . Otherwise , I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else .)
1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize , but to preach the gospel – and not with clever speech , so that the cross of Christ would not become useless .
The Message of the Cross
1:18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing , but to us who are being saved it is the power of God .
1:19 For it is written , “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise , and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent .”
1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law ? Where is the debater of this age ? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish ?
1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God , God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching .
1:22 For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom ,
1:23 but we preach about a crucified Christ , a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles .
1:24 But to those who are called , both Jews and Greeks , Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God .
1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom , and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength .
1:26 Think about the circumstances of your call , brothers and sisters . Not many were wise by human standards , not many were powerful , not many were born to a privileged position .
1:27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise , and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
CORINTHIANS, FIRST EPISTLE TO THE |
Revelation of Christ |
Wisdom |
Boasting |
Jesus, The Christ |
Reasoning |
Philosophy |
Church |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Power |
PAPYRUS |
PAULINE THEOLOGY |
Salvation |
Call |
Corinth |
Cross |
Wise, wisdom |
Preaching |
God |
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NET Notes: 1Co 1:1 Many important mss, as well as several others (א A Ψ 1739 1881 Ï sy), have a reversed order of these words and read “Jesus Chris...
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NET Notes: 1Co 1:5 Speech and knowledge refer to the spiritual gifts God had blessed them with (as v. 7 confirms). Paul will discuss certain abuses of their gifts in cha...
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NET Notes: 1Co 1:7 The revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ refers to the Lord’s return, when he will be revealed (cf. the reference to the day of our Lord Jesus Ch...
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NET Notes: 1Co 1:8 Grk “who,” referring to Christ. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the transla...
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NET Notes: 1Co 1:13 This third question marks a peak in which Paul’s incredulity at the Corinthians’ attitude is in focus. The words “in fact” hav...
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NET Notes: 1Co 1:14 The oldest and most important witnesses to this text, as well as a few others (א* B 6 1739 sams bopt), lack the words τῷ θε...
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NET Notes: 1Co 1:20 Grk “the scribe.” The traditional rendering of γραμματεύς (grammateu") as “sc...
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NET Notes: 1Co 1:23 Or “Messiah”; Grk “preach Christ [Messiah] crucified,” giving the content of the message.
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