ence to the
faith, (27)to God only wise, through Jesus Christ, be the glory
forever. Amen.

THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS.

I.

PAUL, a called apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and
Sosthenes the brother, (2)to the church of God which is at Corinth,
those 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 to you, and peace, from God our Father, and
the Lord Jesus Christ.

(4)I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which
was given you in Christ Jesus; (5)that in everything ye were made rich
in him, in all utterance and all knowledge; (6)according as the
testimony of Christ was confirmed in you; (7)so that ye are behind in
no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; (8)who
will also confirm you unto the end, unaccused in the day of our Lord
Jesus Christ. (9)God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the
fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

(10)But 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 made complete in the same mind, and in the same
judgment. (11)For it was made known to me concerning you, my brethren;
by those of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
(12)And I mean this, that each of you says, 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 immersed in the name of Paul? (14)I
thank God that I immersed none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; (15)that
no one may say that I immersed in my own name. (16)And I immersed also
the household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I immersed any
other.

(17)For Christ did not send me to immerse, but to preach the glad
tidings; not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be
made of no effect. (18)For the preaching of the cross is to those who
perish, foolishness; but to us who 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 prudence of the prudent.

(20)Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of
this world? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of the world? (21)For
since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom knew not
God, God was pleased thro