1 παυλος, κλητος αποστολος ιησου χριστου δια θεληματος θεου, και σωσθενης ο αδελφος, 2 τη εκκλησια του θεου τη ουση εν κορινθω, ηγιασμενοις εν χριστω ιησου, κλητοις αγιοις, συν πασιν τοις επικαλουμενοις το ονομα του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου εν παντι τοπω αυτων τε και ημων· 3 χαρις υμιν και ειρηνη απο θεου πατρος ημων και κυριου ιησου χριστου. 4 ευχαριστω τω θεω μου παντοτε περι υμων επι τη χαριτι του θεου τη δοθειση υμιν εν χριστω ιησου, 5 οτι εν παντι επλουτισθητε εν αυτω, εν παντι λογω και παση γνωσει, 6 καθως το μαρτυριον του χριστου εβεβαιωθη εν υμιν, 7 ωστε υμας μη υστερεισθαι εν μηδενι χαρισματι, απεκδεχομενους την αποκαλυψιν του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου· 8 ος και βεβαιωσει υμας εως τελους ανεγκλητους εν τη ημερα του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου. 9 πιστος ο θεος δι ου εκληθητε εις κοινωνιαν του υιου αυτου ιησου χριστου του κυριου ημων. 10 παρακαλω δε υμας, αδελφοι, δια του ονοματος του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου, ινα το αυτο λεγητε παντες, και μη η εν υμιν σχισματα, ητε δε κατηρτισμενοι εν τω αυτω νοι και εν τη αυτη γνωμη. 11 εδηλωθη γαρ μοι περι υμων, αδελφοι μου, υπο των χλοης οτι εριδες εν υμιν εισιν. 12 λεγω δε τουτο, οτι εκαστος υμων λεγει· εγω μεν ειμι παυλου, εγω δε απολλω, εγω δε κηφα, εγω δε χριστου. 13 μεμερισται ο χριστος; μη παυλος εσταυρωθη υπερ υμων; η εις το ονομα παυλου εβαπτισθητε; 14 ευχαριστω τω θεω οτι ουδενα υμων εβαπτισα ει μη κρισπον και γαιον, 15 ινα μη τις ειπη οτι εις το εμον ονομα εβαπτισα. 16 εβαπτισα δε και τον στεφανα οικον· λοιπον ουκ οιδα ει τινα αλλον εβαπτισα. 17 ου γαρ απεστειλεν με χριστος βαπτιζειν, αλλ ευαγγελιζεσθαι, ουκ εν σοφια λογου, ινα μη κενωθη ο σταυρος του χριστου. 18 ο λογος γαρ ο του σταυρου τοις μεν απολλυμενοις μωρια εστιν, τοις δε σωζομενοις ημιν δυναμις θεου εστιν. 19 γεγραπται γαρ· απολω την σοφιαν των σοφων, και την συνεσιν των συνετων αθετησω. 20 που σοφος; που γραμματευς; που συζητητης του αιωνος τουτου; ουχι εμωρανεν ο θεος την σοφιαν του κοσμου τουτου; 21 επειδη γαρ εν τη σοφια του θεου ουκ εγνω ο κοσμος δια της σοφιας τον θεον, ευδοκησεν ο θεος δια της μωριας του κηρυγματος σωσαι τους πιστευοντας. 22 επειδη και ιουδαιοι σημειον αιτουσιν και ελληνες σοφιαν ζητουσιν, 23 ημεις δε κηρυσσομεν χριστον εσταυρωμενον, ιουδαιοις μεν σκανδαλον, ελλησιν δε μωριαν, 24 αυτοις δε τοις κλητοις, ιουδαιοις τε και ελλησιν, χριστον θεου δυναμιν και θεου σοφιαν· 25 οτι το μωρον του θεου σοφωτερον των ανθρωπων εστιν, και το ασθενες του θεου ισχυροτερον των ανθρωπων εστιν. 26 βλεπετε γαρ την κλησιν υμων, αδελφοι, οτι ου πολλοι σοφοι κατα σαρκα, ου πολλοι δυνατοι, ου πολλοι ευγενεις, 27 αλλα τα μωρα του κοσμου εξελεξατο ο θεος ινα τους σοφους καταισχυνη, και τα ασθενη του κοσμου εξελεξατο ο θεος ινα καταισχυνη τα ισχυρα, 28 και τα αγενη του κοσμου και τα εξουθενημενα εξελεξατο ο θεος, και τα μη οντα, ινα τα οντα καταργηση, 29 οπως μη καυχησηται πασα σαρξ ενωπιον του θεου. 30 εξ αυτου δε υμεις εστε εν χριστω ιησου, ος εγενηθη ημιν σοφια απο θεου, δικαιοσυνη τε και αγιασμος και απολυτρωσις, 31 ινα, καθως γεγραπται, ο καυχωμενος εν κυριω καυχασθω.
1 Corinthians · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
1 Corinthians 1 Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
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Notes on this text (3)
- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
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Apollos
An eloquent Alexandrian Jew, mighty in the Scriptures, who was taught more accurately by Priscilla and Aquila and then ministered in Achaia and at Corinth.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:24; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:6
Chloe
Members of her household informed Paul of the quarrels at Corinth.
Cited in the guide: 1 Corinthians 1:11
Crispus
The leader of the synagogue at Corinth who believed in the Lord with his whole household and was baptized by Paul.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:8; 1 Corinthians 1:14
Gaius
Paul's host at Corinth, whose hospitality extended to the whole church; Paul baptized him.
Cited in the guide: Romans 16:23; 1 Corinthians 1:14
Sosthenes
The synagogue leader seized and beaten before Gallio's tribunal at Corinth; a Sosthenes is named as co-sender of 1 Corinthians, probably the same man.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:17; 1 Corinthians 1:1
Stephanas
Paul baptized his household, the first fruits of Achaia, who devoted themselves to serving the saints; he visited Paul at Ephesus.
Cited in the guide: 1 Corinthians 1:16; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 1 Corinthians 16:17
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Corinth
Corinth straddled the isthmus linking mainland Greece to the Peloponnese — a hub of commerce and immorality. Paul founded the church here; a Roman bema traditionally linked to his hearing before…
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1
Cross references (31)
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- 1 Romans 1:1; Ephesians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Acts 18:17; Colossians 1:1
- 2 Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Acts 26:18; 1 Peter 1:15–16
- 3 Romans 1:7; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:2
- 4 Romans 1:8; John 14:26; John 15:26; Romans 6:17; John 14:14
- 5 2 Corinthians 9:11; 2 Corinthians 8:7; Colossians 2:3; Philippians 1:9; Romans 15:14
- 6 Revelation 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:8; 1 Timothy 2:6; 1 Corinthians 2:1–2; Acts 20:24
- 7 Philippians 3:20; 2 Peter 3:12; Hebrews 9:28; 1 John 3:2; Jude 21
- 8 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Colossians 1:22; Philippians 1:6; Jude 24–25
- 9 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Hebrews 10:23; Deuteronomy 7:9; 1 John 1:3; 1 Corinthians 10:13
- 10 Philippians 2:1–4; Ephesians 4:1–7; 1 Corinthians 12:25; Romans 12:16; James 3:13–18
- 11 1 Timothy 6:4; 2 Timothy 2:23–25; Galatians 5:26; Proverbs 18:6; Genesis 37:2
- 12 Matthew 23:9–10; John 1:42; 1 Corinthians 3:21–23; 1 Corinthians 3:4–6; Galatians 2:9
- 13 Ephesians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 11:4; Acts 2:38; Acts 10:48; 1 Corinthians 10:2
- 14 Acts 18:8; Romans 16:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 2 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 14:18
- 15 John 7:18; 2 Corinthians 11:2; John 3:28–29
- 16 1 Corinthians 16:15; 1 Corinthians 16:17; Acts 16:15; Acts 16:33
- 17 1 Corinthians 2:1; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:16; 1 Corinthians 2:4–5; 2 Corinthians 10:10
- 18 1 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 1:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 1:23–25; 2 Corinthians 4:3
- 19 Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Job 5:12–13; Isaiah 19:11
- 20 Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Job 12:17; 1 Corinthians 1:19; Job 12:24
- 21 Luke 10:21; Romans 1:20–22; Matthew 11:25; Ephesians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 1:24
- 22 Matthew 16:1–4; Matthew 12:38–39; John 2:18; Acts 17:18–21; Mark 8:11
- 23 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Peter 2:8; 1 Corinthians 2:2; Galatians 5:11; Isaiah 8:14–15
- 24 1 Corinthians 1:30; Colossians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:9; Romans 1:16
- 25 Romans 11:33–36; 1 Corinthians 1:18; Zechariah 4:6–7; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Zechariah 12:7–8
- 26 James 2:5; 1 Corinthians 3:18–20; 1 Corinthians 2:8; James 1:9–11; Matthew 11:25–26
- 27 James 2:5; Matthew 11:25; 1 Corinthians 1:20; Psalm 8:2; Luke 21:15
- 28 Job 34:24; Romans 4:17; Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 41:12; Job 34:19–20
- 29 Romans 3:27; Ephesians 2:9; Jeremiah 9:23; 1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 1:31
- 30 Ephesians 1:7; Philippians 3:9; Romans 8:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 6:11
- 31 Jeremiah 9:23–24; 2 Corinthians 10:17; Philippians 3:3; Psalm 105:3; Isaiah 41:16
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See how immediately, from the very beginning, he casts down their pride, and dashes to the ground all their fond imagination, in that he speaks of himself as "called." For what I have learnt, saith he, I discovered not myself, nor acquired by my own wisdom, but while I was persecuting and laying waste the Church I was called.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
… "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, neither let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glorieth glory in the Lord, in diligently seeking Him, and doing judgment and righteousness" ), being especially mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus which He spake, teaching …
Moreover, they affirm that the Apostle Paul himself made mention of this cross in the following words: "The doctrine of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us who are saved it is the power of God." And again: "God forbid that I should glory in anything save in the cross of Christ, by whom the world …
But the Only-begotten has been "made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification," and has been numbered amongst us, and paid tribute to Cæsar.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… whom;" as when it saith, "I have gotten a man by God," putting not the second cause, but the first; and again, "Is not the interpretation of them by God," and, "God is faithful, by whom ye are called unto the fellowship of His Son."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)