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Text -- 1 Corinthians 1:11-31 (NET)
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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 .
1:28 God chose what is low and despised in the world , what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,
1:29 so that no one can boast in his presence .
1:30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus , who became for us wisdom from God , and righteousness and sanctification and redemption ,
1:31 so that , as it is written , “Let the one who boasts , boast in the Lord .”
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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 |
Boasting |
Wisdom |
Reasoning |
Philosophy |
Power |
Preaching |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
PAPYRUS |
TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Minister |
Cross |
Salvation |
Wise, wisdom |
Baptism |
Jesus, The Christ |
Corinth |
Chloe |
Gaius |
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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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NET Notes: 1Co 1:26 The Greek word ευγενής (eugenh") refers to the status of being born into nobility, wealth, or power with an e...
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NET Notes: 1Co 1:28 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
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