{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/1-corinthians/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T15:14:09.347Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, called <i>to be</i> an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes <i>our</i> brother,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called <i>to be</i> saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Grace <i>be</i> unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and <i>from</i> the Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and <i>in</i> all knowledge;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Who shall also confirm you unto the end, <i>that ye may be</i> blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"God <i>is</i> faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and <i>that</i> there be no divisions among you; but <i>that</i> ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them <i>which are of the house</i> of Chloe, that there are contentions among you."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Where <i>is</i> the wise? where <i>is</i> the scribe? where <i>is</i> the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, <i>are called</i>:"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"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;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, <i>yea</i>, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"That no flesh should glory in his presence."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 1 (KJV)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 1](https://primebible.com/kjv/1-corinthians/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/1-corinthians/1 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}