Anyone who claims to know all the answers 

doesn’t really know very much. 

But the person who loves God 

is the one whom God recognizes.

1 Corinthians 8:2-3

It’s not important who does the planting, 

or who does the watering. 

What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. 

The one who plants and the one who waters 

work together with the same purpose. 

And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.

1 Corinthians 3:7-8

…his Spirit searches out everything 

and shows us God’s deep secrets.

No one can know a person’s thoughts 

except that person’s own spirit, 

and no one can know God’s thoughts 

except God’s own Spirit.

And we have received God’s Spirit 

(not the world’s spirit), 

so we can know the wonderful things 

God has freely given us.

1 Corinthians 2:10-12

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,

and no mind has imagined

what God has prepared

for those who love him.”

1 Corinthians 2:9

God chose things despised by the world,

things counted as nothing at all, 

and used them to bring to nothing 

what the world considers important. 

As a result, 

no one can ever boast in the presence of God. 

God has united you with Christ Jesus. 

For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. 

Christ made us right with God; 

he made us pure and holy, 

and he freed us from sin. 

Therefore, 

as the Scriptures say, 

“If you want to boast, 

boast only about the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 1:28-31

But to those called by God to salvation, 

both Jews and Gentiles,

Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 

This foolish plan of God 

is wiser than the wisest of human plans, 

and God’s weakness is stronger 

than the greatest of human strength.

1 Corinthians 1:24-25

The message of the cross 

is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! 

But we who are being saved 

know it is the very power of God. 

As the Scriptures say, 

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise 

and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.” 

So where does this leave the philosophers, 

the scholars, 

and the world’s brilliant debaters? 

God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.

Since God in his wisdom saw to it 

that the world would never know him 

through human wisdom…

1 Corinthians 1:18-21

Now you have every spiritual gift you need 

as you eagerly wait for the return 

of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

He will keep you strong to the end 

so that you will be free from all blame 

on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. 

God will do this, 

for he is faithful to do what he says, 

and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, 

Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:7-9

I pray that God, the source of hope, 

will fill you completely with joy and peace 

because you trust in him. 

Then you will overflow with confident hope 

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

…the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement 

as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled. 

May God, 

who gives this patience and encouragement, 

help you live in complete harmony with each other, 

as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus. 

Then all of you can join together with one voice, 

giving praise and glory to God, 

the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:4-6