1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians in full in the Berean Standard Bible (16 chapters): read it chapter by chapter and compare translations.
Chapters of 1 Corinthians
- 1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
- 2When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
- 3Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
- 4So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
- 5It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even…
- 6If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before…
- 7Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
- 8Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
- 9Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
- 10I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all…
- 11You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
- 12Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
- 13Love is patientIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
- 14Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
- 15Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.
- 16Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia: