1 Corinthians 1:1-17.
1 Corinthians 1:1-17 (Good News Translation)
1From Paul, who was called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ
Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes— 2To the church of God which is in
Corinth, to all who are called to be God's holy people, who belong to him
in union with Christ Jesus, together with all people everywhere who
worship our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: 3May God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. 4I always give thanks
to my God for you because of the grace he has given you through Christ
Jesus. 5For in union with Christ you have become rich in all things,
including all speech and all knowledge. 6The message about Christ has
become so firmly established in you 7that you have not failed to receive a
single blessing, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8He
will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be faultless on the
Day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9God is to be trusted, the God who called
you to have fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord. 10By the
authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my friends, to
agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be
completely united, with only one thought and one purpose. 11For some
people from Chloe's family have told me quite plainly, my friends, that
there are quarrels among you. 12Let me put it this way: each one of you
says something different. One says, I follow Paul; another, I follow
Apollos; another, I follow Peter; and another, I follow Christ. 13Christ
has been divided into groups! Was it Paul who died on the cross for you?
Were you baptized as Paul's disciples? 14I thank God that I did not
baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius. 15No one can say, then, that
you were baptized as my disciples. ( 16Oh yes, I also baptized Stephanas
and his family; but I can't remember whether I baptized anyone else.)
17Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good News, and
to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to make
sure that Christ's death on the cross is not robbed of its power.
Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes— 2To the church of God which is in
Corinth, to all who are called to be God's holy people, who belong to him
in union with Christ Jesus, together with all people everywhere who
worship our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: 3May God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. 4I always give thanks
to my God for you because of the grace he has given you through Christ
Jesus. 5For in union with Christ you have become rich in all things,
including all speech and all knowledge. 6The message about Christ has
become so firmly established in you 7that you have not failed to receive a
single blessing, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8He
will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be faultless on the
Day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9God is to be trusted, the God who called
you to have fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord. 10By the
authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my friends, to
agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be
completely united, with only one thought and one purpose. 11For some
people from Chloe's family have told me quite plainly, my friends, that
there are quarrels among you. 12Let me put it this way: each one of you
says something different. One says, I follow Paul; another, I follow
Apollos; another, I follow Peter; and another, I follow Christ. 13Christ
has been divided into groups! Was it Paul who died on the cross for you?
Were you baptized as Paul's disciples? 14I thank God that I did not
baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius. 15No one can say, then, that
you were baptized as my disciples. ( 16Oh yes, I also baptized Stephanas
and his family; but I can't remember whether I baptized anyone else.)
17Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good News, and
to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to make
sure that Christ's death on the cross is not robbed of its power.
God bless you.
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