27{14.26} [TO THE] ONLY WISE GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WHICH [IS] [BE] THE GLORY TO THE AGES AMEN TO ROMANS IT WAS WRITTEN FROM CORINTH THROUGH PHOEBE THE SERVANT <THE> IN CENCHREA CHURCH. 27to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.*NoteCloseSome manuscripts place the text of verses 25–27 after Romans 14:23 or after Romans 15:33.
1PAUL A CALLED APOSTLE OF CHRIST JESUS THROUGH [THE] WILL OF GOD AND SOSTHENES THE BROTHER Greetings from Paul and Sosthenes (Acts 18:1–11; 2 Corinthians 1:1–2) 1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
2TO THE CHURCH <THE> OF GOD WHICH IS BEING IN CORINTH, SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST JESUS CALLED HOLY, TOGETHER WITH ALL THOSE CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD OF US JESUS CHRIST IN EVERY PLACE, BOTH THEIRS THEN AND OURS: 2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
3GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD FATHER OF US AND [THE] LORD JESUS CHRIST. 3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4I THANK THE GOD OF MINE ALWAYS CONCERNING YOU FOR THE GRACE <THE> OF GOD WHICH HAVING BEEN GIVEN YOU IN CHRIST JESUS Thanksgiving (Philippians 1:3–11; Colossians 1:3–14) 4I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
5FOR IN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BEEN ENRICHED IN HIM IN ALL SPEECH AND IN ALL KNOWLEDGE, 5For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
6EVEN AS THE TESTIMONY <THE> ABOUT CHRIST WAS CONFIRMED IN YOU, 6because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
7SO AS FOR YOU NOT TO BE LACKING IN NOT ONE GIFT EAGERLY AWAITING THE REVELATION OF THE LORD OF US JESUS CHRIST; 7Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8WHO ALSO WILL SUSTAIN YOU TO [THE] END BLAMELESS IN THE DAY OF THE LORD OF US JESUS CHRIST. 8He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9FAITHFUL [IS] <THE> GOD, THROUGH WHOM YOU WERE CALLED INTO FELLOWSHIP WITH THE SON OF HIM JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF US. 9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
10I EXHORT NOW YOU, BROTHERS, THROUGH THE NAME OF THE LORD OF US JESUS CHRIST THAT THE SAME THING YOU MAY SPEAK ALL AND NOT THERE MAY BE AMONG YOU DIVISIONS, YOU MAY BE HOWEVER KNIT TOGETHER IN THE SAME MIND AND IN THE SAME JUDGMENT. Unity in the Church (Psalm 133:1–3; Ephesians 4:1–16) 10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
11IT WAS SHOWN FOR TO ME CONCERNING YOU, BROTHERS OF MINE, BY THOSE OF CHLOE THAT QUARRELS AMONG YOU THERE ARE. 11My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
12I MEAN NOW THIS, THAT EACH OF YOU SAYS; I MYSELF INDEED AM OF PAUL, I MYSELF HOWEVER OF APOLLOS, I MYSELF HOWEVER OF CEPHAS, I MYSELF HOWEVER OF CHRIST. 12What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul, ” “I follow Apollos, ” “I follow Cephas,”*NoteCloseThat is, Peter or “I follow Christ. ”
13HAS BEEN DIVIDED <THE> CHRIST? SURELY NOT PAUL WAS CRUCIFIED FOR YOU? OR INTO THE NAME OF PAUL WERE YOU BAPTIZED? 13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
14I THANK <THE> GOD THAT NO [ONE] OF YOU I BAPTIZED ONLY EXCEPT CRISPUS AND GAIUS, 14I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15SO THAT NOT ANYONE MAY SAY THAT INTO <THE> MY NAME YOU WERE BAPTIZED. 15so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.
16I BAPTIZED NOW ALSO THE OF STEPHANAS HOUSEHOLD; AS TO THE REST NOT I KNOW WHETHER ANY OTHER I BAPTIZED. 16Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
17NOT FOR SENT ME CHRIST TO BAPTIZE BUT TO EVANGELISE; NOT IN WISDOM OF DISCOURSE, THAT NOT MAY BE EMPTIED OF POWER THE CROSS OF THE CHRIST. 17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
18THE MESSAGE FOR <THE> OF THE CROSS TO THOSE INDEED PERISHING FOOLISHNESS IS, TO THOSE HOWEVER BEING SAVED TO US POWER OF GOD IT IS. The Message of the Cross 18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN FOR: I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE INTELLIGENT I WILL FRUSTRATE. 19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”*NoteCloseIsaiah 29:14 (see also LXX)
20WHERE [IS THE] WISE? WHERE [THE] SCRIBE? WHERE [THE] DEBATER OF THE AGE THIS? SURELY HAS MADE FOOLISH <THE> GOD THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD THIS? 20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
21SINCE FOR IN THE WISDOM <THE> OF GOD NOT KNEW THE WORLD THROUGH THE WISDOM <THE> GOD, WAS PLEASED <THE> GOD THROUGH THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE PROCLAMATION TO SAVE THOSE BELIEVING; 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
22SEEING THAT BOTH JEWS SIGNS ASK FOR AND GREEKS WISDOM SEEK, 22Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
23WE OURSELVES HOWEVER PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, TO [THE] JEWS INDEED A STUMBLING BLOCK TO GENTILES HOWEVER FOOLISHNESS 23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,*NoteCloseBYZ and TR to Greeks
24TO THEM HOWEVER TO THOSE CALLED, JEWS BOTH AND TO GREEKS, CHRIST OF GOD [THE] POWER AND OF GOD [THE] WISDOM. 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25FOR THE FOOLISHNESS <THE> OF GOD WISER <THE> THAN MEN IS AND THE WEAKNESS <THE> OF GOD STRONGER <THE> THAN MEN IS. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom,*NoteCloseLiterally than men; twice in this verse and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
26CONSIDER FOR THE CALLING OF YOU, BROTHERS, THAT NOT MANY WISE ACCORDING TO FLESH [WERE], NOT MANY POWERFUL, NOT MANY OF NOBLE BIRTH, Wisdom from God 26Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
27BUT THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD HAS CHOSEN <THE> GOD THAT HE MAY SHAME THE WISE AND THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD CHOSE <THE> GOD THAT HE MAY SHAME THE STRONG, 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28AND THE LOW-BORN OF THE WORLD AND THE [THINGS] DESPISED CHOSE <THE> GOD, AND THE [THINGS] NOT BEING, THAT THE [THINGS] BEING HE MAY ANNUL, 28He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
30OUT OF HIM HOWEVER YOU YOURSELVES ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS BEEN MADE WISDOM UNTO US FROM GOD, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALSO SANCTIFICATION AND REDEMPTION, 30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
31IN ORDER THAT EVEN AS IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN: THE [ONE] BOASTING IN [THE] LORD HE SHOULD BOAST. 31Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”*NoteCloseJeremiah 9:24