哥林多前书 1

祝福和感谢

1 奉上帝旨意，蒙召作基督耶稣使徒的保罗，同弟兄所提尼， 2 写信给在哥林多上帝的教会—就是在基督耶稣里成圣、蒙召作圣徒的—以及所有在各处求告我主耶稣基督之名的人。基督是他们的主，也是我们的主。 3 愿恩惠、平安t从我们的父上帝并主耶稣基督归给你们！

4 我常为你们感谢我的上帝，因上帝在基督耶稣里所赐给你们的恩惠。 5 因为你们在他里面凡事富足，具有各种口才、各样知识， 6 正如我为基督作的见证在你们心里得以坚固， 7 以致你们在恩赐上一无欠缺，切切等候我们主耶稣基督的显现。 8 他也必坚固你们到底，使你们在我们主耶稣基督t的日子无可指责。 9 上帝是信实的，他呼召你们好与他儿子—我们的主耶稣基督—共享团契。

教会中的纷争

10 弟兄们，我藉我们主耶稣基督的名劝你们说话要一致。你们中间不可分裂，只要一心一意彼此团结。 11 我的弟兄们，革来氏家里的人曾对我提起你们，说你们中间有纷争。 12 我的意思是，你们各人说：“我是属保罗的”；“我是属亚波罗的”；“我是属矶法的”；“我是属基督的。” 13 基督是分裂的吗？保罗为你们钉了十字架吗？你们是奉保罗的名受了洗吗？ 14 我感谢上帝t，除了基利司布和该犹以外，我没有给你们中的任何一个人施洗， 15 免得有人说你们是奉我的名受洗的。 16 我曾为司提法那家施过洗；此外我已记不清有没有给别人施过洗。 17 因为基督差遣我不是为施洗，而是为传福音；并不是用智慧的言论，免得基督的十字架落了空。

基督是上帝的大能和智慧

18 因为十字架的道理，在那灭亡的人是愚拙，在我们得救的人却是上帝的大能。 19 就如经上所记： “我要摧毁智慧人的智慧， 废弃聪明人的聪明。”

20 智慧人在哪里？文士在哪里？这世上的辩士在哪里？上帝岂不是已使这世上的智慧变成愚拙了吗？ 21 既然世人凭自己的智慧不认识上帝，上帝就本着自己的智慧乐意藉着人所传愚拙的话拯救那些信的人。 22 犹太人要的是神迹，希腊人求的是智慧， 23 我们却是传被钉十字架的基督，这对犹太人是绊脚石，对外邦人是愚拙； 24 但对那蒙召的，无论是犹太人、希腊人，基督总是上帝的大能，上帝的智慧。 25 因为，上帝的愚拙总比人智慧；上帝的软弱总比人强壮。 26 弟兄们哪，想一想你们的蒙召，按着人的观点，有智慧的不多，有能力的不多，有尊贵地位的也不多。 27 但是，上帝拣选了世上愚拙的，为了使有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，为了使强壮的羞愧。 28 上帝也拣选了世上卑贱的，被人厌恶的，以及那一无所有的，为要废掉那样样都有的， 29 使凡血肉之躯的，在上帝面前，一个也不能自夸。 30 但你们得以在基督耶稣里是本乎上帝，他使基督成为我们的智慧，成为公义、圣洁、救赎。 31 如经上所记：“要夸耀的，该夸耀主。”

1 CORINTHIANS 1

1 From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from Sosthenes, who is also a follower.

2  t To God's church in Corinth. Christ Jesus chose you to be his very own people, and you worship in his name, as we and all others do who call him Lord.

3 My prayer is that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!
4 I never stop thanking my God for treating you with undeserved grace by giving you Christ Jesus, 5 who helps you speak and understand so well. 6 Now you are certain that everything we told you about our Lord Christ Jesus is true. 7 You are not missing out on any blessings, as you wait for him to return. 8 And until the day Christ does return, he will keep you completely innocent.

9 God can be trusted, and he chose you to be partners with his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Taking Sides

10 My dear friends, as a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ, I beg you to get along with each other. Don't take sides. Always try to agree in what you think. 11 Several people from Chloe's familyt have already reported to me that you keep arguing with each other.

12 t They have said that some of you claim to follow me, while others claim to follow Apollos or Petert or Christ.
13 Has Christ been divided up? Was I nailed to a cross for you? Were you baptized in my name? 14 t I thank Godt that I didn't baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius. 15 Not one of you can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 t I did baptize the familyt of Stephanas, but I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.

17 Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the good news without using words that sound wise and would make the cross of Christ lose its power.

Christ Is God's Power //and Wisdom

18 The message about the cross doesn't make any sense to lost people. But for those of us who are being saved, it is God's power at work.

19 t As God says in the Scriptures,
“I will destroy the wisdom
of all who claim
to be wise.
I will confuse those
who think they know
so much.”
20  t What happened to those wise people? What happened to those experts in the Scriptures? What happened to the ones who think they have all the answers? Didn't God show that the wisdom of this world is foolish?

21 t God was wise and decided not to let the people of this world use their wisdom to learn about him.
Instead, God chose to save only those who believe the foolish message we preach. 22 Jews ask for miracles, and Greeks want something that sounds wise. 23 But we preach that Christ was nailed to a cross. Most Jews have problems with this, and most Gentiles think it is foolish. 24 Our message is God's power and wisdom for the Jews and the Greeks that he has chosen.

25 Even when God is foolish, he is wiser than everyone else, and even when God is weak, he is stronger than everyone else.
26 My dear friends, remember what you were when God chose you. The people of this world didn't think that many of you were wise. Only a few of you were in places of power, and not many of you came from important families.

27 But God chose the foolish things of this world to put the wise to shame. He chose the weak things of this world to put the powerful to shame.
28 What the world thinks is worthless, useless, and nothing at all is what God has used to destroy what the world considers important. 29 God did all this to keep anyone from bragging to him. 30 You are God's children. He sent Christ Jesus to save us and to make us wise, acceptable, and holy. 31 t So if you want to brag, do what the Scriptures say and brag about the Lord.