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1 Corinthians 1 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:1 - Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:2 - To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:3 - Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:4 - I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:5 - So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:6 - Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:7 - So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:8 - Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:9 - God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:10 - Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:11 - Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:12 - That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:13 - Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:14 - I give praise to God that not one of you had baptism from me, but Crispus and Gaius;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:15 - So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:16 - And I gave baptism to the house of Stephanas; but I am not certain that any others had baptism from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:17 - For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

The Wisdom of God

(cf. Isa 29:14 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:18 - For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:19 - As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:20 - Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:21 - For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:22 - Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:23 - But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:24 - But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:25 - Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:26 - For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:27 - But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:28 - And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:29 - So that no flesh might have glory before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:30 - But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:31 - So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.
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