1 Paul writes this letter. God picked Paul to be a helper of Jesus. Sosthenes is with Paul. ✍️ 2 This is for God’s church in Corinth. You are God’s people in Jesus. All who call on Jesus belong to Him. ⛪ 3 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus be kind to you. May you have peace. ️❤️ 4 I thank God for you. God was very kind to you in Christ Jesus. 5 God helps you talk well and know many true things about Jesus. ️✨ 6 The good news about Christ is strong and true in you. ✅ 7 You have every gift as you wait for Jesus to come again. ⏳ 8 Jesus will keep you strong to the end, so no one can blame you on His big day. ️ 9 God keeps His word. He called you to be close with His Son, Jesus. 10 Dear friends, please agree. Do not fight. Be one family in Jesus. 11 Some people from Chloe told me you all are fighting. ️⚠️ 12 Some of you say, “I am with Paul.” Others say, “I am with Apollos,” or “I am with Peter,” or “I am with Christ.” ♂️♀️➡️ 13 Is Christ split into parts? Did Paul die on a cross for you? Were you put in water in Paul’s name? ❓✝️ 14 I thank God I only put in water Crispus and Gaius. 15 I did this so no one can say you were put in water in my name. ️ 16 I also put in water the family of Stephanas. I do not remember if I put in water anyone else. 17 Christ sent me to tell the good news, not to use big fancy words, so the cross of Christ shows real power. ✝️⚡ 18 Some people think the cross is silly. We who are saved know the cross is God’s power. ✝️ 19 God says, “I will stop the smart talk of the smart people.” ✋ 20 Where are the smart ones and the big talkers now? God made the world’s smart ways look silly. 21 People did not find God by being smart. God uses simple good news to save people who trust Him. ️➡️ 22 Some Jews want big signs. Some Greeks want smart ideas. ✨ 23 We tell about Christ on the cross. Some Jews trip on this. Many non-Jews think it is silly. ✝️ 24 But to people God calls, Jews and Greeks, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom. ✝️⚡ 25 God’s “silly” is wiser than people. God’s “weak” is stronger than people. 26 Look at you. Not many of you are very smart, or strong, or important. 27 God chose people the world calls silly to show the smart are wrong. God chose weak ones to show the strong are wrong. 28 God chose people others look down on, even people no one sees, to stop the proud. 29 So no one can brag to God. 30 God put you in Christ Jesus. Jesus is our wisdom. He makes us right. He makes us clean and free. ️ 31 If you brag, brag about the Lord. Point to Him. ➡️