1. Paul, called as an emissary of Messiah Yeshua by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2. To God’s community in Corinth—having been made holy in Messiah Yeshua, called as kedoshim—with all who everywhere call on the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, both theirs and ours:
3. Grace to you and shalom from God our Father, and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah!
4. I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace that was given to you in Messiah Yeshua.
5. For in Him you were made rich in every way—in all speaking and all knowledge—
6. just as the evidence of Messiah was confirmed among you.
7. So you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you eagerly wait for the revealing of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
8. He will also strengthen you until the end—blameless in the Day of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
9. God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Yeshua the Messiah our Lord.
10. Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same purpose.
11. For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers and sisters, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are rivalries among you.
12. I say this because you are each saying, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Kefa,” or “I follow Messiah.”
13. Has Messiah been divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? Or were you immersed into the name of Paul?
14. I thank God that I immersed none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
15. so that no one should say that I had immersed you into my own name.
16. (I also immersed the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t recall if I immersed anyone else.)