7. so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8. He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9. God is faithful; you were called by Him into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
10. Now I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction.
11. For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.
12. What I am saying is this: Each of you says, “I’m with Paul,” or “I’m with Apollos,” or “I’m with Cephas,” or “I’m with Christ.”
13. Is Christ divided? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul’s name?
14. I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15. so that no one can say you were baptized in my name.
16. I did, in fact, baptize the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t know if I baptized anyone else.
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize — not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.
18. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.
19. For it is written:I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.
20. Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?