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THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS
PROS KORINUIOYS A′
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Salutation
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PayÄlow YklhtoÁw aÆpoÂstolow gXristoyÄ ÆIhsoyÄi diaÁ uelhÂmatow ueoyÄ kaiÁ SvsueÂnhw oë aÆdelfoÁw 2 thÄì eÆkklhsiÂaì toyÄ ueoyÄ gthÄì oyÍshì eÆn KoriÂnuv, ì hëgiasmeÂnoiw eÆn Xristv Äì ÆIhsoyÄi, klhtoiÄw aëgiÂoiw, syÁn paÄsin toiÄw eÆpikaloymeÂnoiw toÁ oÍnoma toyÄ kyriÂoy hëmv Ä n ÆIhsoyÄ XristoyÄ eÆn pantiÁ toÂpv, ì ayÆtv Ä n ] kaiÁ hëmv Ä n´ 3 xaÂriw yëmiÄn kaiÁ eiÆrhÂnh aÆpoÁ ueoyÄ patroÁw hëmv Ä n kaiÁ kyriÂoy ÆIhsoyÄ XristoyÄ. 4 EyÆxaristv Ä tv Äì uev Äì Ymoy paÂntote periÁ yëmv Ä n eÆpiÁ thÄì xaÂriti toyÄ ueoyÄ thÄì doueiÂshì yëmiÄn eÆn Xristv Äì ÆIhsoyÄ, 5 oÏti eÆn pantiÁ eÆploytiÂsuhte eÆn ayÆtv Äì , eÆn pantiÁ loÂgvì kaiÁ paÂshì gnvÂsei, 6 kauvÁw toÁ martyÂrion toyÄ cXristoyÄ eÆbebaivÂuh eÆn yëmiÄn, 7 v Ï ste yëmaÄw mhÁ yëstereiÄsuai eÆn mhdeniÁ xariÂsmati aÆpekdexomeÂnoyw thÁn aÆpokaÂlycin toyÄ kyriÂoy hëmv Ä n ÆIhsoyÄ XristoyÄ´ 8 oÊw kaiÁ bebaivÂsei yëmaÄw _eÏvw teÂloywa aÆnegklhÂtoyw eÆn thÄì chëmeÂraì toyÄ kyriÂoy hëmv Ä n ÆIhsoyÄ Y[XristoyÄ]. 9 pistoÁw oë ueoÂw, cdi’ oyÎ eÆklhÂuhte eiÆw koinvniÂan toyÄ yiëoyÄ ayÆtoyÄ ÆIhsoyÄ XristoyÄ toyÄ kyriÂoy hëmv Ä n. 10 Parakalv Ä deÁ yëmaÄw, aÆdelfoiÂ, diaÁ toyÄ oÆnoÂmatow toyÄ kyriÂoy hëmv Ä n ÆIhsoyÄ XristoyÄ, Ïina toÁ ayÆtoÁ leÂghte paÂntew kaiÁ mhÁ hËì eÆn yëmiÄn csxiÂsmata, hËte deÁ kathrtismeÂnoi eÆn tv Äì
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Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lorda and ours: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I give thanks to myb God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 5 for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind– 6 just as the testimony ofc Christ has been strengthened among you– 7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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From Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s call and by his will, together with our colleague Sosthenes, 2 to God’s church at Corinth, dedicated to him in Christ Jesus, called to be his people, along with all who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ wherever they may be–their Lord as well as ours. 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I am always thanking God for you. I thank him for his grace given to you in Christ Jesus; 5 I thank him for all the enrichment that has come to you in Christ. You possess full knowledge and you can give full expression to it, 6 because what we testified about Christ has been confirmed in your experience. 7 There is indeed no single gift you lack, while you wait expectantly for our Lord Jesus Christ to reveal himself. 8 He will keep you firm to the end, without reproach on the day of our Lord Jesus. 9 It is God himself who called you to share in the life of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and God keeps faith.
Divisions in the Church 10 Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,d by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and
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the same purpose. 11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters.e 12 What I mean is that each of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.” 13 Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank Godf that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.
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thought. 11 My friends, it has been brought to my notice by Chloe’s people that there are quarrels among you. 12 What I mean is this: each of you is saying, “I am for Paul,” or “I am for Apollos”; “I am for Cephas,” or “I am for Christ.” 13 Surely Christ has not been divided! Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Was it in Paul’s name that you were baptized? 14 Thank God, I never baptized any of you, except Crispus and Gaius; 15 no one can say you were baptized in my name. 16 I did of course baptize the household of Stephanas; I cannot think of anyone else. 17 Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel; and to do it without recourse to the skills of rhetoric, lest the cross of Christ be robbed of its effect.
Christ the Power and Wisdom of God 18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, 23 but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those who
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18 The message of the cross is sheer folly to those on the way to destruction, but to us, who are on the way to salvation, it is the power of God. 19 Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the cleverness of the clever.” 20 Where is your wise man now, your man of learning, your subtle debater of this present age? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish! 21 As God in his wisdom ordained, the world failed to find him by its wisdom, and he chose by the folly of the gospel to save those who have faith. 22 Jews demand signs, Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we proclaim Christ nailed to the cross; and though this is an offence to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 yet to those who are
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ayÆtv Äì noiÌ kaiÁ eÆn thÄì ayÆthÄì gnvÂmh. ì 11 eÆdhlvÂuh gaÂr moi periÁ yëmv Ä n, aÆdelfoi Ymoy, yëpoÁ tv Ä n XloÂhw oÏti eÍridew eÆn yëmiÄn eiÆsin. 12 leÂgv deÁ toyÄto oÏti eÏkastow yëmv Ä n leÂgei´ eÆgvÁ meÂn eiÆmi PayÂloy, eÆgvÁ deÁ ÆApollv Ä , eÆgvÁ deÁ KhfaÄ, eÆgvÁ deÁ XristoyÄ. 13 ] memeÂristai oë XristoÂw; cmhÁ PayÄlow eÆstayrvÂuh dyëpeÁr yëmvÄn, hà eiÆw toÁ oÍnoma PayÂloy eÆbaptiÂsuhte; 14 eyÆxaristv Ä _[tv Äì uev Äì ]a oÏti oyÆdeÂna yëmv Ä n eÆbaÂptisa eiÆ mhÁ KriÂspon kaiÁ GaÂÈion, 15 Ïina mh tiw eiÍphì oÏti eiÆw toÁ eÆmoÁn oÍnoma ceÆbaptiÂsuhte. 16 eÆbaÂptisa deÁ kaiÁ toÁn StefanaÄ oiËkon, loipoÁn oyÆk oiËda eiÍ tina YaÍllon eÆbaÂptisa. 17 oyÆ gaÁr aÆpeÂsteileÂn me ] XristoÁw baptiÂzein aÆll’ ceyÆaggeliÂzesuai, oyÆk eÆn sofiÂaì dloÂgoy, Ïina mhÁ kenvuhÄì oë stayroÁw toyÄ XristoyÄ. 18 ëO loÂgow gaÁr Yoë toyÄ stayroyÄ toiÄw Y¹meÁn aÆpollymeÂnoiw mvriÂa eÆstiÂn, toiÄw deÁ svzome ì  noiw Y²hëmiÄn dyÂnamiw ueoyÄ eÆstin. 19 geÂgraptai gaÂr´ aÆpolvÄ thÁn sofiÂan tvÄn sofvÄn kaiÁ thÁn syÂnesin tvÄn synetvÄn aÆuethÂsv. 20 poyÄ sofoÂw; poyÄ grammateyÂw; poyÄ syzhththÁw toyÄ aiÆv Ä now toyÂtoy; oyÆxiÁ eÆmvÂranen oë ueoÁw thÁn sofiÂan toyÄ koÂsmoy]; 21 eÆpeidhÁ gaÁr eÆn thÄì sofiÂaì toyÄ ueoyÄ oyÆk eÍgnv oë koÂsmow diaÁ thÄw sofiÂaw toÁn ueoÂn, eyÆdoÂkhsen oë ueoÁw diaÁ thÄw mvriÂaw toyÄ khryÂgmatow sv Ä sai toyÁw pisteyÂontaw´ 22 eÆpeidhÁ YkaiÁ ÆIoydaiÄoi shmeiÄa aiÆtoyÄsin kaiÁ ÏEllhnew sofiÂan zhtoyÄsin, 23 hëmeiÄw deÁ khryÂssomen XristoÁn eÆstayrvmeÂnon, ÆIoydaiÂoiw meÁn skaÂndalon, ceÍunesin deÁ mvriÂan, 24 ayÆtoiÄw deÁ
3,3! 3,4.22 3,5s; 4,6; 16,12 Tt 3,13 Act 18,24 · 3,23 2K10,7 Mc 9,41 12,13 R 6,3s Act 18,8 R16,23 Act 19,29! 16,15.17 · Act 11,14! R1,1 G1,16 2,1! · R 4,14 R1,16! · 2K 2,15; 4,3 2Th 2,10 23 · L13,23! · 24; 2,4! Is 29,14 G Ps 33,10 Is 19,11s; 33,18 3,19 Is 44,25 Job 12,17 R1,21s Mt 11,25s · R1,19-23 L 8,12! L11,16!p J 2,18! 2,2 G 3,1 G 5,11 Mt 16,23! · 18; 2,14
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toiÄw klhtoiÄw, ÆIoydaiÂoiw te kaiÁ ÏEllhsin, _XristoÁn ueoyÄ dyÂnamin kaiÁ ueoyÄ sofiÂana´ 25 oÏti toÁ mvroÁn toyÄ ueoyÄ sofvÂteron tv Ä n aÆnurvÂpvn eÆstiÁn kaiÁ toÁ aÆsueneÁw toyÄ ueoyÄ iÆsxyroÂteron tv Ä n aÆnurvÂpvn. 26 BleÂpete cgaÁr thÁn klhÄsin yëmv Ä n, aÆdelfoiÂ, oÏti oyÆ polloiÁ sofoiÁ kataÁ saÂrka, oyÆ polloiÁ dynatoiÂ, oyÆ polloiÁ eyÆgeneiÄw´ 27 aÆllaÁ taÁ mvraÁ toyÄ koÂsmoy eÆjeleÂjato oë ueoÂw, Ïina kataisxyÂnhì toyÁw sofoyÂw, kaiÁ taÁ aÆsuenhÄ toyÄ koÂsmoy eÆjeleÂjato oë ueoÂw, Ïina kataisxyÂnhì taÁ iÆsxyraÂ, 28 kaiÁ taÁ aÆgenhÄ toyÄ koÂsmoy kaiÁ taÁ eÆjoyuenhmeÂna eÆjeleÂjato oë ueoÂw, ] taÁ mhÁ oÍnta, Ïina taÁ oÍnta katarghÂsh, ì 29 oÏpvw mhÁ kayxhÂshtai paÄsa saÁrj eÆnvÂpion _toyÄ ueoyÄa. 30 eÆj ayÆtoyÄ deÁ yëmeiÄw eÆste eÆn Xristv Äì ÆIhsoyÄ, oÊw eÆgenhÂuh sofiÂa hëmiÄn aÆpoÁ ueoyÄ, _dikaiosyÂnh tea kaiÁ aëgiasmoÁw kaiÁ aÆpolyÂtrvsiw, 31 Ïina kauvÁw geÂgraptai´ oë kayxvÂmenow eÆn kyriÂvì kayxaÂsuv. KaÆgvÁ eÆluvÁn proÁw yëmaÄw, aÆdelfoiÂ, hËluon oyÆ kau’ yëperoxhÁn loÂgoy hà sofiÂaw kataggeÂllvn yëmiÄn toÁ cmysthÂrion toyÄ ueoyÄ. 2 oyÆ gaÁr eÍkrina _ti eiÆdeÂnaia eÆn yëmiÄn eiÆ mhÁ ÆIhsoyÄn XristoÁn kaiÁ toyÄton eÆstayrvmeÂnon. 3 kaÆgvÁ eÆn aÆsueneiÂaì kaiÁ eÆn foÂbvì kaiÁ eÆn troÂmvì pollv Äì eÆgenoÂmhn proÁw yëmaÄw, 4 kaiÁ oë loÂgow moy kaiÁ toÁ khÂrygma moy oyÆk eÆn _peiuoiÄ[w] sofiÂaw [loÂgoiw]a aÆll’ eÆn caÆpodeiÂjei pneyÂmatow kaiÁ dynaÂmevw, 5 Ïina hë piÂstiw yëmv Ä n mhÁ hËì eÆn sofiÂaì aÆnurvÂpvn aÆll’ eÆn dynaÂmei ueoyÄ.
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are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. 26 Consider your own call, brothers and sisters:g not many of you were wise by human standards,h not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, 29 so that no onei might boast in the presence of God. 30 He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 in order that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast inj the Lord.”
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called, Jews and Greeks alike, he is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 The folly of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God stronger than human strength. 26 My friends, think what sort of people you are, whom God has called. Few of you are wise by any human standard, few powerful or of noble birth. 27 Yet, to shame the wise, God has chosen what the world counts folly, and to shame what is strong, God has chosen what the world counts weakness. 28 He has chosen things without rank or standing in the world, mere nothings, to overthrow the existing order. 29 So no place is left for any human pride in the presence of God. 30 By God’s act you are in Christ Jesus; God has made him our wisdom, and in him we have our righteousness, our holiness, our liberation. 31 Therefore, in the words of scripture, “If anyone must boast, let him boast of the Lord.”
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When I came to you, brothers and sisters,k I did not come proclaiming the mysteryl of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 4 My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom,m but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
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So it was, my friends, that I came to you, without any pretensions to eloquence or wisdom in declaring the truth about God. 2 I resolved that while I was with you I would not claim to know anything but Jesus Christ–Christ nailed to the cross. 3 I came before you in weakness, in fear, in great trepidation. 4 The word I spoke, the gospel I proclaimed, did not sway you with clever arguments; it carried conviction by spiritual power, 5 so that your faith might be built not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
2:1 declaring … God: some witnesses read declaring God’s secret purpose.
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The True Wisdom of God 6 Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. 7 But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him”– 10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. 13 And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.n 14 Those who are unspiritualo do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.
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6 Among the mature I do speak words of wisdom, though not a wisdom belonging to this present age or to its governing powers, already in decline; 7 I speak God’s hidden wisdom, his secret purpose framed from the very begining to bring us to our destined glory. 8 None of the powers that rule the world has known that wisdom; if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 Scripture speaks of “things beyond our seeing, things beyond our hearing, things beyond our imagining, all prepared by God for those who love him”; 10 and these are what God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God’s own nature. 11 Who knows what a human being is but the human spirit within him? In the same way, only the Spirit of God knows what God is. 12 And we have received this Spirit from God, not the spirit of the world, so that we may know all that God has lavished on us; 13 and, because we are interpreting spiritual truths to those who have the Spirit, we speak of these gifts of God in words taught us not by our human wisdom but by the Spirit. 14 An unspiritual person refuses what belongs to the Spirit of God; it is folly to him; he cannot grasp it, because it needs to be judged in the light of the Spirit. 15 But a spiritual person can judge the worth of everything, yet is not himself subject to judgement by others. 16 Scripture indeed
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6 SofiÂan deÁ laloyÄmen eÆn toiÄw teleiÂoiw, sofiÂan deÁ oyÆ toyÄ aiÆv Ä now toyÂtoy oyÆdeÁ tv Ä n aÆrxoÂntvn toyÄ aiÆv Ä now toyÂtoy tv Ä n katargoymeÂnvn´ 7 aÆllaÁ laloyÄmen ueoyÄ sofiÂan eÆn mysthriÂvì thÁn aÆpokekrymmeÂnhn, hÊn provÂrisen oë ueoÁw proÁ tv Ä n aiÆvÂnvn eiÆw doÂjan hëmv Ä n, 8 hÊn oyÆdeiÁw tv Ä n aÆrxoÂntvn toyÄ aiÆv Ä now toyÂtoy ceÍgnvken´ eiÆ gaÁr eÍgnvsan, oyÆk aÃn toÁn kyÂrion thÄw doÂjhw ] eÆstayÂrvsan. 9 aÆllaÁ kauvÁw geÂgraptai´ aÊ oÆfualmoÁw oyÆk eiËden kaiÁ oyËw oyÆk hÍkoysen kaiÁ eÆpiÁ kardiÂan aÆnurvÂpoy oyÆk aÆneÂbh, caÊ hëtoiÂmasen oë ueoÁw toiÄw aÆgapvÄsin ayÆtoÂn. 10 hëmiÄn cdeÁ aÆpekaÂlycen oë ueoÁw diaÁ toyÄ pneyÂmatow]´ toÁ gaÁr pneyÄma paÂnta eÆraynaÄì , kaiÁ taÁ baÂuh toyÄ ueoyÄ. 11 tiÂw gaÁr oiËden YaÆnurvÂpvn taÁ toyÄ aÆnurvÂpoy eiÆ mhÁ _toÁ pneyÄma toyÄ aÆnurvÂpoya toÁ eÆn ayÆtv Äì ; oyÏtvw kaiÁ taÁ toyÄ ueoyÄ oyÆdeiÁw eÍgnvken eiÆ mhÁ toÁ pneyÄma toyÄ ueoyÄ. 12 hëmeiÄw deÁ oyÆ toÁ pneyÄma toyÄ koÂsmoy ] eÆlaÂbomen aÆllaÁ toÁ pneyÄma toÁ eÆk toyÄ ueoyÄ, Ïina ceiÆdv Ä men taÁ yëpoÁ toyÄ ueoyÄ xarisueÂnta hëmiÄn´ 13 aÊ kaiÁ laloyÄmen oyÆk eÆn didaktoiÄw aÆnurvpiÂnhw sofiÂaw loÂgoiw aÆll’ eÆn didaktoiÄw pneyÂmatow], cpneymatikoiÄw pneymatikaÁ sygkriÂnontew. 14 cyxikoÁw deÁ aÍnurvpow oyÆ deÂxetai taÁ toyÄ pneyÂmatow ZtoyÄ ueoyÄ\´ mvriÂa gaÁr ayÆtv Äì eÆstin kaiÁ oyÆ dyÂnatai gnv Ä nai, oÏti pneymatikv Ä w aÆnakriÂnetai. 15 oë deÁ pneymatikoÁw aÆnakriÂnei _[taÁ] paÂntaa, ayÆtoÁw deÁ yëp’ oyÆdenoÁw aÆnakriÂnetai. 16 tiÂw gaÁr eÍgnv noyÄn
3,18 · 14,20 Ph 3,15 Kol 1,28! 2K 4,4 E 2,2 J12,31! 15,24.26 14,2! · Mt 13,35 L10,21! Kol 1,26 · R 9,23 J1,10 Act 3,17! Jc 2,1 ApcEliae (sec. Or) Is 64,3; 52,15 Is 65,16 Jr 3,16 Act 7,23 Sir 1,10 R 8,28! Dn 2,22 Prv 20,27 G · R11,33 Job 11,7 Jdth 8,14 Zch 12,1
J16,13s 1J 5,20 R 8,32 1! J14,26! Jc 3,15! J14,17 · 1,18 J 8,43! 14,24 1J 2,20 R11,34 Is 40,13 G Jr 23,18 Sap 9,13
8 c egnv P46 l ] aytvn P46 • 9 c osa P11vid A B Cvid; Did m txt P46 a D F G L P C 33. 81. 104. 365. 630. 1175. 1241. 1505. 1506. 1739. 1881. 2464 M; Cl Or • 10 c gar P46 B 6. 365. 1175. 1739; Cl Spec m txt a A C D F G L P C 33. 81. 104. 630. 1241. 1505. 1506. 1881. 2464 M latt sy; Epiph l ] aytoy a2 D F G L P C 81. 104. 365. 1175. 1241. 1505. 1506. 2464 M latt sy sams boms; Epiph Spec m txt P46vid a* A B C 630. 1739. 1881 sa bo; Cl • 11 Y A 33 l _ to pneyma F G ar b; Spec Pel m − 1505 • 12 ] toytoy D F G bo l c (ex itac.?) idvmen P46 D F G L P 0289. 1241. 1506. 1881. 2464 pm m txt a A B C C 33vid. 81. 104. 365. 630. 1175. 1505. 1739 pm latt sy co • 13 ] agioy D1 L P 104. 365. 1241. 1505 M vgmss syh m txt P46 a A B Cvid D* F G C 0185. 0289. 6. 33. 81. 630. 1175. 1506. 1739. 1881. 2464 lat syp co; Cl Or Ambst Spec l c pneymatikvw B 33 • 14 Z 1506 syp; PtolIr vid Clpt • 15 _ men panta a1 B D1 L C 0289vid. 104. 1175. 1241. 1505. 1881. 2464 M m men pantaw Irlat Did m panta F G; Cl m men ta panta P 6. 33. 81. 365. 630. 1739 m txt P46 A C D* 1506; PtolIr
3,1–10
R 7,14 · 13,11 E 4,14 H 5,12!s 1,10s 2K12,20 R13,13 G 5,19s Jc 3,14 1,12! 4,1; 9,19 2K 3,6; 4,5 Act 18,4.11 · 1,12!
4,5 1Th 2,9! 2K1,24; 6,1 1Th 3,2 3J 8 Mc 4,2-9p · E 2,20-22 15,10 R15,15! Is 3,3 G · R15,20 H 6,1 E2,20!
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kyriÂoy, oÊw symbibaÂsei ayÆtoÂn; hëmeiÄw deÁ noyÄn cXristoyÄ eÍxomen. KaÆgvÂ, aÆdelfoiÂ, oyÆk hÆdynhÂuhn lalhÄsai yëmiÄn vëw pneymatikoiÄw aÆll’ vëw csarkiÂnoiw, vëw nhpiÂoiw eÆn Xristv Äì . 2 gaÂla yëmaÄw eÆpoÂtisa, oyÆ brv Ä ma´ oyÍpv gaÁr eÆdyÂnasue. aÆll’ oyÆdeÁ YeÍti nyÄn dyÂnasue, 3 eÍti gaÁr csarkikoi eÆste. oÏpoy gaÁr eÆn yëmiÄn zhÄlow kaiÁ eÍriw], oyÆxiÁ dsarkikoi eÆste kaiÁ kataÁ aÍnurvpon peripateiÄte; 4 oÏtan gaÁr leÂghì tiw´ eÆgvÁ meÂn eiÆmi PayÂloy, eÏterow de´ eÆgvÁ ÆApollv Ä , _oyÆk aÍnurvpoiÂa eÆste]; 5 cTi oyËn eÆstin _ÆApollv Ä w; ti de eÆstin PayÄlowa; ] diaÂkonoi di’ v Î n eÆpisteyÂsate, kaiÁ eëkaÂstvì vëw oë kyÂriow eÍdvken. 6 eÆgvÁ eÆfyÂteysa, ÆApollv Ä w eÆpoÂtisen, aÆll’ oë ueoÁw hyÍjanen´ 7 v Ï ste oyÍte oë fyteyÂvn eÆstiÂn ti oyÍte oë potiÂzvn aÆll’ oë ayÆjaÂnvn ueoÂw. 8 oë fyteyÂvn deÁ kaiÁ oë potiÂzvn eÏn eiÆsin, eÏkastow deÁ toÁn Íidion misuoÁn lhÂmcetai kataÁ toÁn Íidion koÂpon´ 9 ueoyÄ gaÂr eÆsmen synergoiÂ, ueoyÄ gevÂrgion, ueoyÄ oiÆkodomh eÆste. 10 KataÁ thÁn xaÂrin ZtoyÄ ueoyÄ\ thÁn doueiÄsaÂn moi vëw sofoÁw aÆrxiteÂktvn uemeÂlion ceÍuhka, aÍllow deÁ eÆpoikodomeiÄ. eÏkastow deÁ blepeÂtv pvÄw
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16 c kyrioy B D* F G 81 it; Ambst Pel m txt P46 a A C D1 L P C 048. 0289vid. 33. 104. 365. 630. 1175. 1241. 1505. 1506. 1739. 1881. 2464 M vg sy co; Or Epiph ¶ 3,1 c sarkikoiw C3 D1 F G L P C 81. 104. 365. 630. 1241. 1505. 1506. 1881. 2464 M; Clpt m txt P46 a A B C* D* 0289. 6. 33. 945. 1175. 1739; Clpt • 2 Y P46 B 0185 m txt P11vid a A C D F G L P C 048. 33. 81. 104. 365. 630. 1175. 1241. 1505. 1506. 1739c. 1881. 2464 M b syh co; Cl Or • 3 c sarkinoi D*.c F G l ] kai dixostasiai P46 D F G L 33. 104. 365. 1241. 1505. 2464 M ar b sy; Ir Cyp m txt P11 a A B C P C 0289. 81. 630. 1175. 1506. 1739. 1881 r vg co; Cl Or Did Ambst l d sarkinoi P46 D*.c F G • 4 _ oyxi anurvpoi D F G 629 m oyxi sarkikoi a2 L P C 104. 365. 630. 1241. 1505. 2464 M sy m txt P46 a* A B C 048. 0289. 33. 81. 1175. 1506. 1739. 1881 l ] (3) kai kata anurvpon peripateite P vgmss • 5 c tiw P46vid a2 C D F G L P C 104. 365. 629. 630. 1241. 1505. 1881. 2464. 2495 M sy m txt a* A B 0289. 33. 81. 1175. 1506. 1739 lat co; Ambst Pel l _ Apollvw tiw de estin Paylow P46vid a2 C P 630 m Apollvw (Apollv F G) tiw de Paylow D*.2 F G 629. 1881 m Paylow tiw de (+ o 1505. 2495) Apollvw (Apollv 1241) D1 L C 104. 365. 1241. 1505. 2464. 2495 M sy m txt a* A B 048vid. 0289. 33. 81. 1175. 1506. 1739 lat co; Ambst Pel l ] all h D1 L P C 33. 81. 104. 365. 1241. 1505. 2464 M sy m all oi 1881 m txt a A B C D* F G 0289. 6. 630. 1175. 1506. 1739 latt samss bo • 10 Z P46 81. 1505 b f vgmss; Cl l c teueika a2 C3 D L P C 81. 104. 365. 630. 1241. 1505. 1506. 1881. 2464 M; Cl m txt P46 a* A B C* 0289vid. 33. 1175. 1739. l 249; Did
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16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
2,16–3,10
asks, “Who can know the mind of the Lord or be his counsellor?” Yet we possess the mind of Christ.
On Divisions in the Corinthian Church
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And so, brothers and sisters,p I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? 4 For when one says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely human? 5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. 9 For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care
p Gk brothers
3
But I could not talk to you, my friends, as people who have the Spirit; I had to deal with you on the natural plane, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you on milk, instead of solid food, for which you were not yet ready. Indeed, you are still not ready for it; 3 you are still on the merely natural plane. Can you not see that as long as there is jealousy and strife among you, you are unspiritual, living on the purely human level? 4 When one declares, “I am for Paul,” and another, “I am for Apollos,” are you not all too human? 5 After all, what is Apollos? What is Paul? Simply God’s agents in bringing you to faith. Each of us performed the task which the Lord assigned to him: 6 I planted the seed, and Apollos watered it; but God made it grow. 7 It is not the gardeners with their planting and watering who count, but God who makes it grow. 8 Whether they plant or water, they work as a team, though each will get his own pay for his own labour. 9 We are fellow-workers in God’s service; and you are God’s garden. Or again, you are God’s building. 10 God gave me the privilege of laying the foundation like a skilled master builder; others put up the building. Let
3:9 We … service: or We are God’s fellowworkers.
3,11–23
1 C O R IN T H I A N S
how to build on it. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw– 13 the work of each builder will become visible, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each has done. 14 If what has been built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If the work is burned up, the builder will suffer loss; the builder will be saved, but only as through fire. 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?q 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. 18 Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 21 So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future– all belong to you, 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
q In verses 16 and 17 the Greek word for you is plural
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each take care how he builds. 11 There can be no other foundation than the one already laid: I mean Jesus Christ himself. 12 If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, and precious stones, or with wood, hay, and straw, 13 the work that each does will at last be brought to light; the day of judgement will expose it. For that day dawns in fire, and the fire will test the worth of each person’s work. 14 If anyone’s building survives, he will be rewarded; 15 if it burns down, he will have to bear the loss; yet he will escape with his life, though only by passing through the fire, 16 Surely you know that you are God’s temple, where the Spirit of God dwells. 17 Anyone who destroys God’s temple will himself be destroyed by God, because the temple of God is holy; and you are that temple. 18 Make no mistake about this: if there is anyone among you who fancies himself wise–wise, I mean, by the standards of this age–he must become a fool if he is to be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is folly in God’s sight. Scripture says, “He traps the wise in their own cunning,” 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the arguments of the wise are futile.” 21 So never make any human being a cause for boasting. For everything belongs to you– 22 Paul, Apollos, and Cephas, the world, life, and death, the present and the future, all are yours– 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ to God.
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3,11–23
eÆpoikodomeiÄ. 11 uemeÂlion gaÁr aÍllon oyÆdeiÁw dyÂnatai ueiÄnai paraÁ toÁn keiÂmenon, oÏw eÆstin ÆIhsoyÄw XristoÂw. 12 eiÆ de tiw eÆpoikodomeiÄ eÆpiÁ toÁn uemeÂlion ] _xrysoÂn, aÍrgyrona, liÂuoyw timiÂoyw, jyÂla, xoÂrton, kalaÂmhn, 13 _eëkaÂstoy toÁ eÍrgon faneroÁn genhÂsetaia, hë gaÁr hëmeÂra dhlvÂsei, oÏti eÆn pyriÁ aÆpokalyÂptetai´ kaiÁ eëkaÂstoy toÁ eÍrgon oëpoiÄoÂn eÆstin toÁ pyÄr Y[ayÆtoÁ] dokimaÂsei. 14 eiÍ tinow toÁ eÍrgon cmeneiÄ oÊ eÆpoikodoÂmhsen, misuoÁn lhÂmcetai´ 15 eiÍ tinow toÁ eÍrgon katakahÂsetai, zhmivuhÂsetai, ayÆtoÁw deÁ svuhÂsetai, oyÏtvw deÁ vëw diaÁ pyroÂw. 16 OyÆk oiÍdate oÏti naoÁw ueoyÄ eÆste kaiÁ toÁ pneyÄma toyÄ ueoyÄ goiÆkeiÄ eÆn yëmiÄni; 17 eiÍ tiw toÁn naoÁn toyÄ ueoyÄ fueiÂrei, cfuereiÄ dtoyÄton oë ueoÂw´ oë gaÁr naoÁw toyÄ ueoyÄ aÏgioÂw eÆstin, oiÏtineÂw eÆste yëmeiÄw. 18 MhdeiÁw eëaytoÁn eÆjapataÂtv]´ eiÍ tiw dokeiÄ sofoÁw eiËnai eÆn yëmiÄn eÆn tv Äì aiÆv Ä ni toyÂtv, ì mvroÁw geneÂsuv, Ïina geÂnhtai sofoÂw. 19 hë gaÁr sofiÂa toyÄ koÂsmoy toyÂtoy mvriÂa paraÁ tv Äì uev Äì eÆstin. geÂgraptai gaÂr´ oë drassoÂmenow toyÁw sofoyÁw eÆn thÄì panoyrgiÂaì ayÆtvÄn´ 20 kaiÁ paÂlin´ kyÂriow ginvÂskei toyÁw dialogismoyÁw tvÄn csofv Ä n oÏti eiÆsiÁn maÂtaioi. 21 v Ï ste mhdeiÁw kayxaÂsuv eÆn aÆnurvÂpoiw´ paÂnta gaÁr yëmv Ä n eÆstin, 22 eiÍte PayÄlow eiÍte ÆApollv Ä w eiÍte KhfaÄw, eiÍte koÂsmow eiÍte zvhÁ eiÍte uaÂnatow, eiÍte eÆnestv Ä ta eiÍte meÂllonta´ paÂnta yëmv Ä n, 23 yëmeiÄw deÁ XristoyÄ, XristoÁw deÁ ueoyÄ.
Ap 21,18!s 4,5 2Th 1,8 Ml 3,19 · 1P1,7.17! Zch 13,9
Jd 23! Am 4,11 6,19 2K 6,16 E 2,21 · R 8,9
E 2,21 Ps 64,5 G; 79,1 1,20-25; 2,6 · 8,2; 10,12; 14,37 G 6,3 4,10 Job 5,13 Ps 93,11 G R 3,27! 1,12! · R 8,38 R14,8 G 3,29 Mc 9,41 · 15,28
12 ] toyton a2 C3 D L P C 33. 104. 365. 630. 1175. 1241. 1505. 1506. 1739. 1881. 2464. l 249 M lat sy samss bo; Epiph m txt P46 a* A B C* 0289. 81 vgmss samss boms l _ xrysion argyrion a Cvid 630. 1175. 1506. 1739. l 249 m xryson kai argyron P46 m xrysion kai argyrion B 0289vid (syp); Cl m txt A D L P C 33. 81. 104. 365. 1241. 1505. 1881. 2464 M latt co • 13 _ o poihsaw toyto to ergon fanerow genhtai D* ar b; Ambst l Y P46 a D L C 0289. 104. 365. 630. 1241. 1505. 1506. 1881. 2464 M latt; Cl m txt A B C P 6. 33. 81. 1175. 1739. l 249; Or • 14 c meÂnei B2 D2 L C 104. 365. 630. 1175. 1241. 1506. 1739. 2464. l 249 M m txt 81. 1505 latt (sine acc. P46 a A B* C D* P 0289. 33) • 16 g B P 0289. 33. 630. 1175. 1739; (Tert) m txt P46 a A C D F G L C 81. 104. 365. 1241. 1505. 1506. 1881. 2464. l 249 M latt; Irlat Ambst Epiph • 17 c fueirei D F G L P 0289. 6. 33. 81. 614. 1175. 1241. 2464. l 249 vgmss; Ir m txt P46 a A B C C 104. 365. 630. 1505. 1506. 1739. 1881 M lat co; Irlat Tert Ambst l d ayton A D F G syp.hmg; Ir • 18 ] kenoiw logoiw D • 20 c (Ps 94,11) anurvpvn 33. 630. 1506 ar vgmss bomss; McionE Epiphpt