Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and
Sosthenes, our brother, write this letter to the Church of God which
is at Corinth, to those who have been consecrated in Christ Jesus, to
those who have been called to be God's dedicated people in the company
of those who in ever... [ Continue Reading ]
AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)... [ Continue Reading ]
Always I thank my God for you, for the grace of God which has been
given to you in Christ Jesus. I have good reason to do so, because in
him you have been enriched in everything, in every form of speech and
in every form of knowledge, inasmuch as what we promised you that
Christ could do for his peo... [ Continue Reading ]
Brothers, I urge you through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that
you should make up your differences and that you should see to it that
there may be no divisions among you, but that you should be knit
together in the same mind and the same opinion. Brothers, it has
become all too clear to me, fro... [ Continue Reading ]
For the story of the Cross is foolishness to those who are on the way
to destruction, but it is the power of God to those who are on the way
to salvation. For it stands written, "I will wipe out the wisdom of
the wise and I will bring to nothing the cleverness of the clever."
Where is the wise? Wher... [ Continue Reading ]
Brothers, just look at the way in which you have been called. You can
see at once that not many wise men--by human standards--not many
powerful men, not many high-born men have been called. But God has
chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise men;
and God has chosen the weak t... [ Continue Reading ]