¹³ Let’s ^[a](A)behave properly as in the day, ^(B)not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy.

¹⁰ Now ^(A)I urge you, ^(B)brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all ^[a]agree and that there be no ^[b](C)divisions among you, but that you be ^[c]made complete in ^(D)the same mind and in the same judgment. ¹¹ For I have been informed concerning you, my brothers and sisters, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you. ¹² Now I mean this, that ^(E)each one of you is saying, “I am ^[d]with Paul,” ^[e]or “I am ^[f]with ^(F)Apollos,” ^[g]or “I am ^[h]with ^[i](G)Cephas,” ^[j]or “I am ^[k]with Christ.” ^13 [l]Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you ^(H)baptized ^[m]in the name of Paul? ¹⁴ I am thankful that I ^(I)baptized none of you except ^(J)Crispus and ^(K)Gaius, ¹⁵ so that no one would say you were baptized ^[n]in my name! ¹⁶ But I did baptize the ^(L)household of Stephanas also; beyond that, I do not know if I baptized anyone else. ^17 (M)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, ^(N)not with ^[o]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.

The Wisdom of God

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is ^(O)foolishness to ^(P)those who ^[p]are perishing, but to us who ^[q]are being saved it is ^(Q)the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written:

^20 (S)Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of ^(T)this age? Has God not ^(U)made foolish the wisdom of ^(V)the world? ²¹ For since in the wisdom of God ^(W)the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, ^(X)God ^[r]was pleased through the ^(Y)foolishness of the ^[s]message preached to ^(Z)save those who believe. ²² For indeed ^(AA)Jews ask for ^[t]signs and Greeks search for wisdom; ²³ but we preach ^[u](AB)Christ crucified, ^(AC)to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles ^(AD)foolishness, ²⁴ but to those who are ^(AE)the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(AF)the power of God and ^(AG)the wisdom of God. ²⁵ For the ^(AH)foolishness of God is wiser than mankind, and ^(AI)the weakness of God is stronger than mankind.

²⁶ For ^[v]consider your ^(AJ)calling, brothers and sisters, that there were ^(AK)not many wise according to ^[w]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; ²⁷ but ^(AL)God has chosen the foolish things of ^(AM)the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of ^(AN)the world to shame the things which are strong, ²⁸ and the ^[x]insignificant things of ^(AO)the world and the despised God has chosen, ^(AP)the things that are not, so that He may ^(AQ)nullify the things that are, ²⁹ so that ^(AR)no ^[y]human may boast before God. ³⁰ But it is ^[z]due to Him that you are in ^(AS)Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(AT)wisdom from God, ^[aa]and ^(AU)righteousness and ^(AV)sanctification, and ^(AW)redemption, ³¹ so that, just as it is written: “^(AX)Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

¹⁸ For, in the first place, when you come together ^[a]as a church, I hear that ^[b](A)divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.