1 Corinthians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹  called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus ²  by the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother,

1 Corinthians 1:3

1:3 Grace and peace to you ³  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

1 Corinthians 1:18

The Message of the Cross

1:18 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.

1 Corinthians 3:7

3:7 So neither the one who plants counts for anything, ⁴  nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

1 Corinthians 5:13

5:13 But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you. ⁵ 

1 Corinthians 6:14

6:14 Now God indeed raised the Lord and he will raise us by his power.

1 Corinthians 12:18

12:18 But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

1 Corinthians 14:18

14:18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

1 Corinthians 14:28

14:28 But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

1 Corinthians 15:57

15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

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¹ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “From” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

² tc Many important mss, as well as several others (א A Ψ 1739 1881 Ï sy), have a reversed order of these words and read “Jesus Christ” rather than “Christ Jesus” (Ì⁴⁶ B D F G 33 it). The meaning is not affected in either case, but the reading “Christ Jesus” is preferred both because it has somewhat better attestation and because it is slightly more difficult and thus more likely the original (a scribe who found it would be prone to change it to the more common expression). At the same time, Paul is fond of the order “Christ Jesus.” As well, the later Pauline letters almost uniformly use this order in the salutations. Thus, on both external and internal grounds, “Christ Jesus” is the preferred reading here.

³ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

⁴ tn Grk “is anything.”

⁵ sn An allusion to Deut 17:7; 19:19; 22:21, 24; 24:7; cf. 1 Cor 5:2.