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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 325, 21 November 2025   
      
   1) 1 Corinthians 1, 1 Corinthians 2, 1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 4   
      
   1 Corinthians 1   
      
   Greeting and Thanksgiving   
      
   1 (Ro 1:1; Ac 18:17) Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ   
   through the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother,   
   2 (Ro 1:7; Ac 18:1) To the church of God which is at Corinth,   
   to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,   
   with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,   
   both their Lord and ours:   
   3 (Ro 1:7) Grace to you and peace from God our Father   
   and the Lord Jesus Christ.   
   4 (Ro 1:8) I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God   
   which has been given to you through Jesus Christ.   
   5 (2Co 8:7; 9:11; Ro 15:14) By Him you are enriched in everything,   
   in all speech and in all knowledge,   
   6 (Rev 1:2; 1Ti 2:6) even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,   
   7 (Php 3:20; 2Pe 3:12) so that you are not lacking in any gift while waiting   
   for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.   
   8 (1Th 3:13; Php 1:6; 1:10) He will strengthen you to the end,   
   so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.   
   9 (1Jn 1:3; Isa 49:7; Dt 7:9) God is faithful, and by Him you were called   
   to the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.   
      
   [1] Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God,   
   and Sosthenes our brother,   
   [2] Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified   
   in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon   
   the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:   
   [3] Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord   
   Jesus Christ.   
   [4] I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is   
   given you by Jesus Christ;   
   [5] That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all   
   knowledge;   
   [6] Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:   
   [7] So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord   
   Jesus Christ:   
   [8] Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the   
   day of our Lord Jesus Christ.   
   [9] God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son   
   Jesus Christ our Lord.   
      
   Divisions in the Church   
      
   10 (1Co 11:18; Php 1:27) Now I ask you, brothers, by the name of our Lord   
   Jesus Christ, that you all speak in agreement and that there be no divisions   
   among you. But be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same   
   judgment.   
   11 (1Co 3:3) For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brothers,   
   by those who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.   
   12 (Jn 1:42; 1Co 9:5) Now this is what I mean: Every one of you is saying,   
   "I am of Paul," or "I am of Apollos,"   
   or "I am of Cephas," or "I am of Christ."   
   13 (Mt 28:19; Ac 2:38) Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you?   
   Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?   
   14 (Ac 18:8; Ro 16:23) I thank God that I baptized none of you   
   except Crispus and Gaius,   
   15 lest any should say that I had baptised in my own name.   
   16 (1Co 16:15; 16:17) I also baptized the household of Stephanas.   
   Besides them, I do not know whether I baptized any other.   
   17 (1Co 2:1; 2:13) For Christ did not send me to baptize,   
   but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent words,   
   lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.   
      
   [10] Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that   
   ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but   
   that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same   
   judgment.   
   [11] For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which   
   are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.   
   [12] Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of   
   Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.   
   [13] Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in   
   the name of Paul?   
   [14] I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;   
   [15] Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.   
   [16] And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not   
   whether I baptized any other.   
   [17] For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with   
   wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.   
      
   Christ the Power and Wisdom of God   
      
   18 (Ro 1:16; 1Co 1:21) For to those who are perishing,   
   the preaching of the cross is foolishness,   
   but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.   
   19 (Isa 29:14; Job 5:12-13) For it is written:   
   "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,   
   and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." (Isa 29:14.)   
   20 (Ro 1:22; Job 12:17) Where is the wise? Where is the scribe?   
   Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom   
   of this world foolish?   
   21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom   
   did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching   
   to save those who believe.   
   22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom.   
   23 (Gal 5:11; Lk 2:34) But we preach Christ crucified,   
   a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Greeks.   
   24 (1Co 1:30; 1:18) But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks,   
   we preach Christ as the power of God and the wisdom of God.   
   25 (1Co 1:18) For the foolishness of God is wiser than men,   
   and the weakness of God is stronger than men.   
   26 (1Co 1:20)For observe your calling, brothers. Among you,   
   not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty men,   
   and not many noble men were called.   
   27 (Ps 8:2; 1Co 1:20) But God has chosen the foolish things   
   of the world to confound the wise. God has chosen the weak things of   
   the world to confound the things which are mighty.   
   28 (Ro 4:17; 1Co 2:6) And God has chosen the base things of the world   
   and things which are despised. Yes, and He chose things which did not   
   exist to bring to nothing things that do,   
   29 (Eph 2:9) so that no flesh should boast in His presence.   
   30 (Jer 23:5–6; 1Co 1:2 ) But because of Him you are in Christ Jesus,   
   whom God made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.   
   31 (2Co 10:17; Jer 9:23-24) Therefore, as it is written, "   
   Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord." (Jer 9:24.)   
      
   [18] For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but   
   unto us which are saved it is the power of God.   
   [19] For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will   
   bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.   
   [20] Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this   
   world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?   
   [21] For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God,   
   it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.   
      
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   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)