1 Corinthians 1:1-31
For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?
I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.
Why?
Do not make a division of someone in church. All of us belong to Christ.
Paul reminds people in Corinthians, Do not boast in anything, for all of us have accepted the love of Jesus Christ. All of us were sinners. Because we turn to the Lord, through Jesus Christ, we can be sons of the Lord. This is the mercy of the Lord that comes upon us.
We come from one, Jesus Christ, no matter what kind of nations or Jews, Gentiles.
How?
All of us, all Christians, have received Jesus Christ as our Lord, so we can call brothers, sisters among churches.
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