Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ 1 through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, Rom 1:1Eph 1:12Co 1:1Act 18:17Act 22:21Col 1:11Co 9:1-21Ti 1:1 to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours: Rom 1:71Co 6:9-111Co 1:30Act 26:181Pe 1:15-161Th 4:7Heb 13:122Co 4:5 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Rom 1:71Pe 1:22Co 1:2Eph 1:2
I always thank my God concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, Rom 1:8Jhn 14:261Ti 1:14Jhn 14:14Jhn 14:16Jhn 15:26Rom 6:171Co 1:3 that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge— 2Co 9:112Co 8:7Col 2:3Php 1:9Rom 15:141Co 12:8Jas 3:132Pe 3:18 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you— 2Ti 1:8Rev 1:21Ti 2:61Co 2:1-22Co 12:12Act 20:24Rev 19:10Rom 15:19 so that you come behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, Php 3:202Pe 3:121Jn 3:2Heb 9:281Pe 4:13Jud 1:21Luk 17:30Rom 8:19 who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Th 5:23-241Th 3:13Col 1:22Php 1:6Jud 1:24-252Th 3:3Eph 5:27Rom 16:25 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 2Th 3:3Heb 10:23Deu 7:91Jn 1:31Co 10:13Deu 32:4Rom 8:28Isa 49:7
Now I beg you, brothers, 2 through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. Php 2:1-4Eph 4:1-71Co 12:25Rom 12:16Jas 3:13-182Co 13:11Eph 4:31-32Psa 133:1 For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you. 1Ti 6:42Ti 2:23-25Gal 5:26Pro 18:61Co 3:31Sa 25:14-172Co 12:20Gal 5:15 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.” Mat 23:9-101Co 3:21-23Jhn 1:421Co 3:4-61Co 15:51Co 15:501Co 16:121Co 4:6 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul? Eph 4:52Co 11:4Act 2:381Co 10:2Act 10:48Act 19:52Co 5:14-15Gal 1:7 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, Act 18:8Rom 16:231Co 1:41Co 14:181Th 5:182Co 2:143Jn 1:1-4Col 3:15 so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name. 2Co 11:2Jhn 3:28-29Jhn 7:18 (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.) 1Co 16:151Co 16:17Act 16:15Act 16:33 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void. 1Co 2:11Co 2:132Pe 1:161Co 2:4-52Co 10:102Co 4:2Jhn 4:22Co 10:3-4 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1Co 2:14Rom 1:162Th 2:101Co 1:23-252Co 4:31Co 1:212Co 2:15-161Co 3:19 For it is written, Isa 29:14Jer 8:91Co 3:19Job 5:12-13Isa 19:11Isa 19:3
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise.
I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.” 3
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world? Rom 1:221Co 3:19Job 12:171Co 1:19Isa 44:25Job 12:241Co 2:62Sa 15:31 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe. Luk 10:21Mat 11:25Rom 1:20-221Co 1:24Eph 3:10Dan 2:20Rom 1:28Rom 11:33 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom, Mat 16:1-4Act 17:18-21Jhn 2:18Luk 11:16Mat 12:38-39Mrk 8:11Luk 11:20Jhn 4:28 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks, 1Co 2:141Co 2:21Pe 2:8Gal 5:11Isa 8:14-151Co 1:18Luk 2:34Mat 11:6 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God; 1Co 1:30Col 2:31Co 1:181Co 1:9Rom 1:16Rom 8:28-30Rom 1:4Luk 7:35 because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. Rom 11:33-361Co 1:18Zec 4:6-72Co 13:41Co 1:27-29Jdg 7:2-8Zec 12:7-81Ki 20:14-22
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; Jas 2:51Co 3:18-20Jas 1:9-111Co 2:8Mat 11:25-261Co 1:20Luk 10:21Luk 18:24-25 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong. Jas 2:5Mat 11:251Co 1:20Psa 8:2Luk 21:15Isa 29:142Co 10:4-5Act 4:11-21 God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist, Job 34:24Rom 4:17Isa 2:11Job 34:19-20Isa 2:17Isa 41:12Dan 2:34-35Isa 17:13-14 that no flesh should boast before God. Rom 3:27Eph 2:9Jer 9:231Co 1:311Co 4:7Rom 15:17Rom 3:191Co 5:6 Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, Eph 1:7Php 3:9Rom 8:11Co 1:21Co 6:11Col 1:14Eph 2:10Jhn 14:6 that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” 4 Jer 9:23-242Co 10:17Php 3:3Psa 105:3Isa 41:161Ch 16:10Isa 45:25Jer 4:2