1 WYC Poul, clepid apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, and Sostenes, brothir, to the chirche of God that is at Corynthe, BSB BSB: Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 WYC to hem that ben halewid in Crist Jhesu, and clepid seyntis, with alle that inwardli clepen the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, in ech place of hem and of oure, BSB BSB: To 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:
3 WYC grace to you and pees of God, oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. BSB BSB: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 WYC Y do thankyngis to my God eueremore for you, in the grace of God that is youun to you in Crist Jhesu. BSB BSB: I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
5 WYC For in alle thingis ye ben maad riche in hym, in ech word, and in ech kunnyng, BSB BSB: For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
6 WYC as the witnessyng of Crist is confermyd in you; BSB BSB: because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
7 WYC so that no thing faile to you in ony grace, that abiden the schewyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; BSB BSB: Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 WYC which also schal conferme you in to the ende with outen cryme, in the dai of the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. BSB BSB: He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 WYC `A trewe God, bi whom ye ben clepid in to the felouschipe of his sone Jhesu Crist oure Lord. BSB BSB: God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
10 WYC But, britheren, Y biseche you, bi the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that ye alle seie the same thing, and that dissenciouns be not among you; but be ye perfit in the same wit, and in the same kunnyng. BSB BSB: I 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. 11 WYC For, my britheren, it is teld to me of hem that ben at Cloes, that stryues ben among you. BSB BSB: My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
12 WYC And Y seie that, that ech of you seith, For Y am of Poul, and Y am of Apollo, and Y am of Cefas, but Y am of Crist. BSB BSB: What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
13 WYC Whether Crist is departid? whether Poul was crucified for you, ether ye ben baptisid in the name of Poul? BSB BSB: Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
14 WYC Y do thankyngis to my God, that Y baptiside noon of you, but Crispus and Gayus; BSB BSB: I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15 WYC lest ony man seie, that ye ben baptisid in my name. BSB BSB: so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.
16 WYC And Y baptiside also the hous of Stephan, but Y woot not, that Y baptiside ony other. BSB BSB: Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
17 WYC For Crist sente me not to baptise, but to preche the gospel; not in wisdom of word, that the cros of Crist be not voidid awei. BSB BSB: For 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.
19 WYC For it is writun, Y schal distruye the wisdom of wise men, and Y schal reproue the prudence of prudent men. BSB BSB: For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
21 WYC For the world in wisdom of God knewe not God bi wisdom, it pleside to God, bi foli of prechyng, `to maken hem saaf that bileueden. BSB BSB: For 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.
22 WYC For Jewis seken signes, and Grekis seken wisdom; BSB BSB: Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
24 WYC but to tho Jewis and Grekis that ben clepid, we prechen Crist the vertu of God and the wisdom of God. BSB BSB: but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 WYC For that that is foli thing of God, is wiser than men; and that that is the feble thing of God, is strengere than men. BSB BSB: For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
26 WYC But, britheren, se ye youre clepyng; for not many wise men aftir the fleisch, not many myyti, not many noble. BSB BSB: Brothers, 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.
27 WYC But God chees tho thingis that ben fonned of the world, to confounde wise men; BSB BSB: But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28 WYC and God chees the feble thingis of the world, to confounde the stronge thingis; and God chees the vnnoble thingis `and dispisable thingis of the world, and tho thingis that ben not, to distruye tho thingis that ben; BSB BSB: He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
29 WYC that ech man haue not glorie in his siyt. BSB BSB: so that no one may boast in His presence.
30 WYC But of hym ye ben in Crist Jhesu, which is maad of God to vs wisdom, and riytwisnesse, and holynesse, and ayenbiyng; that, BSB BSB: It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
31 WYC as it is wrytun, He that glorieth, haue glorie in the Lord. BSB BSB: Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
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