To the church of God which is at Corinth.
To them that are sanctified in Jesus Christ.
To them that are called to be saints.
To them that call upon the name of Jesus Christ in every place, for their sake and for the sake of others.
Grace be unto you, and peace , from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful and by Him you were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Paul beseeches those who worship God to have no divisions amongst themselves.
Believers should be joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Paul had learnt that there were divisions amongst the believers in Corinth.
[12] Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am 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?
Up to this day these divisions have taken root in the Christian faith.
Like in the olden days Christians still identify their churches by the names of the founders or the names given by the founders.
Paul thanks God he did not baptize any of them except Crispus and Gaius and a few others.
[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.
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish because of foolishness.
And the preaching of the power of God is to those who are saved.
God will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
God has made the wisdom of this World foolish.
Through His Wisdom God created the World, yet humankind in its own wisdom did not know God.
The World tries to please God by the foolishness of preaching to them that believe.
[21]
The Jews require a sign for them to believe.
The Greeks require wisdom for them to believe.
Preaching that Jesus Christ was crucified is a stumbling-block to the Jews. [23]
Preaching that Jesus Christ was crucified is foolishness to the Greeks. [23]The wise of this World.
But to them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Jesus Christ is the Power and Wisdom of God.
Few wise men are called.
Few mighty men are called.
Few noble men are called.
Few rich men are called.
Many are busy with worldly affairs and the desire to fulfill fleshly passions.
God chooses the foolish things of the World to confound the wise.
God chooses the weak things of the World to confound the mighty.
God chooses the base things of the World , to confound the highly regarded.
God chooses the despised things of this World , to confound the exalted.
God chooses things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.
No one is glorious in the eyes of God.
But of him who is in Jesus Christ, who God has made through His Wisdom and Righteousness, and Sanctification, and Redemption: let him glory in the Lord.
Jesus Christ himself did not baptize people. [ John 4:2]
Jesus Christ could not have baptized people in his own name.
Jesus Christ’s baptism is by the fire of the Holy Spirit.
Anyone receiving this baptism is saved and receives eternal life.
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To them that are sanctified in Jesus Christ.
To them that are called to be saints.
To them that call upon the name of Jesus Christ in every place, for their sake and for the sake of others.
Grace be unto you, and peace , from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful and by Him you were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Paul beseeches those who worship God to have no divisions amongst themselves.
Believers should be joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Paul had learnt that there were divisions amongst the believers in Corinth.
[12] Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am 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?
Up to this day these divisions have taken root in the Christian faith.
Like in the olden days Christians still identify their churches by the names of the founders or the names given by the founders.
Paul thanks God he did not baptize any of them except Crispus and Gaius and a few others.
[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.
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish because of foolishness.
And the preaching of the power of God is to those who are saved.
God will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
God has made the wisdom of this World foolish.
Through His Wisdom God created the World, yet humankind in its own wisdom did not know God.
The World tries to please God by the foolishness of preaching to them that believe.
[21]
The Jews require a sign for them to believe.
The Greeks require wisdom for them to believe.
Preaching that Jesus Christ was crucified is a stumbling-block to the Jews. [23]
Preaching that Jesus Christ was crucified is foolishness to the Greeks. [23]The wise of this World.
But to them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Jesus Christ is the Power and Wisdom of God.
Few wise men are called.
Few mighty men are called.
Few noble men are called.
Few rich men are called.
Many are busy with worldly affairs and the desire to fulfill fleshly passions.
God chooses the foolish things of the World to confound the wise.
God chooses the weak things of the World to confound the mighty.
God chooses the base things of the World , to confound the highly regarded.
God chooses the despised things of this World , to confound the exalted.
God chooses things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.
No one is glorious in the eyes of God.
But of him who is in Jesus Christ, who God has made through His Wisdom and Righteousness, and Sanctification, and Redemption: let him glory in the Lord.
Jesus Christ himself did not baptize people. [ John 4:2]
Jesus Christ could not have baptized people in his own name.
Jesus Christ’s baptism is by the fire of the Holy Spirit.
Anyone receiving this baptism is saved and receives eternal life.
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