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Ako si Pablo nga ginpili sang Dios nga mangin apostol ni Cristo Jesus. Ako kag si Sostenes nga aton utod kay Cristo nagapangamusta sa iglesya[a] sang Dios dira sa Corinto. Ginpain na kamo sang Dios agod mangin iya tungod sa inyo paghiusa kay Cristo Jesus. Ginpili niya kamo nga mangin iya mga katawhan upod sang tanan nga nagakilala sa aton Ginoong Jesu-Cristo sa bisan diin nga lugar. Siya Ginoo naton tanan.

Kabay pa nga mabaton ninyo ang bugay[b] kag paghidaet[c] halin sa Dios nga aton Amay kag kay Ginoong Jesu-Cristo.

Mga Pagpakamaayo Halin kay Cristo

Nagapasalamat ako permi sa Dios sa mga pagpakamaayo nga iya ginhatag sa inyo tungod nga kamo ara kay Cristo Jesus. Kay sa inyo pagpakighiusa kay Cristo, ginpakamaayo gid kamo sang Dios sa tanan nga butang—sa ihibalo kag sa paghambal. Sa sini napamatud-an sa inyo nga matuod ang amon mga gintudlo parte kay Cristo. Gani wala gid kamo makulangi sang espirituhanon nga mga abilidad nga ginahatag sang Dios samtang nagahulat kamo sang pagbalik sang aton Ginoong Jesu-Cristo. Si Cristo amo ang magapalig-on sang inyo pagtuo hasta sa katapusan, agod sa pag-abot sang adlaw nga siya maghukom, wala siya sing may ikasaway sa inyo. Masaligan ang Dios nga nagtawag sa inyo sa pagpakighiusa sa iya Anak nga si Jesu-Cristo nga aton Ginoo.

Ang mga Nagatuo kay Cristo Dapat Mag-isa

10 Mga utod kay Cristo, nagapangabay ako sa inyo sa ngalan[d] sang aton Ginoong Jesu-Cristo, nga mag-isa kamo tanan kag likawan ninyo ang pagbinahin-bahin. Mag-isa kamo sa inyo mga panghunahuna kag sa inyo katuyuan. 11 Nasambit ko ini tungod nga may nagsugid sa akon halin sa pamilya ni Cloe nga may nagailinaway dira sa inyo. 12 Ang buot ko silingon amo ini: may ara kuno dira sa inyo nga nagasiling, “Ako sa kay Pablo,” kag may ara man nga nagasiling, “Ako sa kay Apolos,” ang iban pa gid nagasiling, “Ako sa kay Pedro,”[e] kag ang iban nagasiling, “Ako sa kay Cristo.” 13 Indi ina maayo! Ngaa, ginapartida bala si Cristo? Si Pablo wala nagpalansang sa krus para sa inyo. Wala man kamo pagbautisuhi sa ngalan ni Pablo.

14 Nagapasalamat ako sa Dios nga wala ako sing may ginbautisohan sa inyo magluwas lang kay Crispus kag kay Gaius. 15 Gani wala sing may makasiling nga ginbautisohan kamo sa akon ngalan. 16 (Ginbautisohan ko man gali si Stefanas kag ang iya pamilya. Pero magluwas sa sini nga mga tawo wala na ako sing may nadumduman pa.) 17 Kay wala ako pagsugua ni Cristo sa pagbautiso kundi sa pagtudlo sang Maayong Balita. Kag ang akon pagtudlo indi paagi sa mga matahom nga paghambal, kay basi madala ko ang mga tawo kay Cristo paagi sa akon abilidad kag madulaan na sang gahom ang kamatayon ni Cristo sa krus.

Si Cristo Amo ang Gahom kag ang Kaalam sang Dios

18 Sa mga tawo nga nagakalawala[f], ang pagtudlo parte sa kamatayon ni Cristo sa krus kabuangan lang, pero sa aton nga nagakalaluwas, ini gahom sang Dios. 19 Kay nagasiling ang Kasulatan, “Gub-on ko ang kaalam sang mga tawo nga maalam, kag ipakita ko nga wala sing pulos ang pag-intiendi sang mga may tinun-an.”[g] 20 Ano karon ang pulos sang mga maalam, sang mga manunudlo sang Kasuguan, kag sang mga puwerte magdibati sa sini nga panahon? Kay ginpakita sang Dios nga kabuangan lang ang kalibutanon nga kaalam.

21 Kay sa kaalam sang Dios wala siya magtugot nga makilala siya sang mga tawo paagi sa kalibutanon nga kaalam. Kundi ginpakamaayo sang Dios nga luwason ang mga tawo paagi sa ila pagtuo sa ginawali nga Maayong Balita, nga suno sa mga tawo nga wala nagatuo kabuangan lang. 22 Ang mga Judio indi magtuo kon wala sing milagro nga makita, kag ang mga Griego, ginatimbang-timbang nila kon ang ginatudlo sa ila nagakomporme sa ila ginasiling nga kaalam. 23 Pero kami iya, ginawali namon si Cristo nga ginlansang sa krus. Ini nga pagwali indi mabaton sang mga Judio kag kabuangan para sa mga indi Judio. 24 Pero sa mga tawo nga gintawag sang Dios, Judio man ukon indi, si Cristo amo ang gahom kag ang kaalam sang Dios. 25 Kay ang ginahunahuna nila nga kabuangan sang Dios mas labaw pa sang sa kaalam sang mga tawo, kag ang ginahunahuna nila nga kaluyahon sang Dios mas makusog pa sang sa kusog sang mga tawo. 26 Mga utod kay Cristo, dumduma ninyo kon ano ang inyo kahimtangan sang wala pa kamo pagtawga sang Dios, pila gid lang sa inyo ang ginakabig nga maalam ukon may ikasarang, kag pila man lang ang naghalin sa kilala nga mga pamilya. 27 Pero ginpili sang Dios ang mga tawo nga ginakabig sang katawhan nga indi maalam agod pakahuy-an ang mga maalam, kag ginpili man niya ang mga tawo nga wala gid sing gahom agod pakahuy-an ang mga tawo nga gamhanan. 28 Ginpili sang Dios ang mga kubos kag ang mga talamayon, nga mga ginakabig nga wala sing pulos, agod ipakita niya nga indi importante ang ginakabig sang mga tawo nga importante. 29 Gani wala sing may makapabugal sa atubangan sang Dios. 30 Sa pagbuot sang Dios ara kita kay Cristo Jesus. Si Cristo amo ang kaalam sang Dios[h] para sa aton. Paagi sa iya, ginpakamatarong kita sang Dios, iya na kita, kag gintubos na ang aton mga sala. 31 Gani, pareho sang ginasiling sang Kasulatan, “Ang bisan sin-o nga gusto magpabugal, dapat ipabugal lamang niya ang ginhimo sang Ginoo.”[i]

Footnotes

  1. 1:2 iglesya: Tan-awa ang Lista sang mga Pulong sa likod.
  2. 1:3 bugay: ukon, pagpakamaayo.
  3. 1:3 paghidaet: ukon, maayo nga kahimtangan.
  4. 1:10 ngalan: buot silingon, gahom ukon awtoridad.
  5. 1:12 Pedro: sa Griego, Cefas.
  6. 1:18 nagakalawala: ukon, nagapadulong sa kalaglagan.
  7. 1:19 Isa. 29:14.
  8. 1:30 Si Cristo amo ang kaalam sang Dios: para sa iban, ang ginhimo ni Cristo sa krus kabuangan, pero para kay Pablo ini kaalam sang Dios.
  9. 1:31 Jer. 9:24.

Paul, called to be an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B) and our brother Sosthenes,(C)

To the church of God(D) in Corinth,(E) to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called(F) to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name(G) of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(H)

Thanksgiving

I always thank my God for you(I) because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched(J) in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge(K) God thus confirming our testimony(L) about Christ among you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift(M) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.(N) He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless(O) on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.(P) God is faithful,(Q) who has called you(R) into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.(S)

A Church Divided Over Leaders

10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a](T) 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,(U) but that you be perfectly united(V) in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household(W) have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”;(X) another, “I follow Apollos”;(Y) another, “I follow Cephas[b]”;(Z) still another, “I follow Christ.”

13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?(AA) 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus(AB) and Gaius,(AC) 15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (Yes, I also baptized the household(AD) of Stephanas;(AE) beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize,(AF) but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom(AG) and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness(AH) to those who are perishing,(AI) but to us who are being saved(AJ) it is the power of God.(AK) 19 For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
    the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[c](AL)

20 Where is the wise person?(AM) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(AN) Has not God made foolish(AO) the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world(AP) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save(AQ) those who believe.(AR) 22 Jews demand signs(AS) and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified:(AT) a stumbling block(AU) to Jews and foolishness(AV) to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called,(AW) both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God(AX) and the wisdom of God.(AY) 25 For the foolishness(AZ) of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness(BA) of God is stronger than human strength.

26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.(BB) Not many of you were wise(BC) by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose(BD) the foolish(BE) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not(BF)—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him.(BG) 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus,(BH) who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness,(BI) holiness(BJ) and redemption.(BK) 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”[d](BL)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:12 That is, Peter
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer. 9:24

Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.