The Best Bible Verses in 1 Corinthians (ESV)

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1 Corinthians

•   1Cor1:2 to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who…call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

•   1 Corinthians 1:4–5 I give thanks to my God… that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge

•   1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you…that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind

•   1 Corinthians 1:17 preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power

•   1 Corinthians 1:18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

•   1 Corinthians 1:22–23 Jews demand signs & Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews & folly to Gentiles

•   1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

•   1 Corinthians 1:27 God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong

•   1 Corinthians 1:30–31 because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness &sanctification &redemption

•   1 Corinthians 1:31 “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

•   1Cor2:2 "I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified."

•   1 Corinthians 2:9 “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”

•   1 Corinthians 3:6–7 God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

•   1Cor4:1,20 regard us as servants of Christ &stewards of the mysteries of God...the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

•   1 Cor 4:20 "For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.”

•   1Cor5:5 "deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved"

•   1Cor5:11 not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed...drunkard, or swindler

•   1 Corinthians 6:9–11 Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality…

•  .... nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you.

•  ...But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”

•    1 Corinthians 6:12“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All

•   things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything."

•   1 Corinthians 6:18–19 “Flee from sexual immorality…your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit…You are not your own."

•   1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

•   1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer…

•  …but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

•   1 Corinthians 7:10–11 To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband…

•  …but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

•   1 Corinthians 7:17 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him.

•   1 Corinthians 7:29 “the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none”

•   1 Corinthians 7:32–34 The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord….how to be holy in body and spirit.

•   1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives.

•   1 Corinthians 7:39 But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

•   1 Corinthians 8:9 But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

•   1 Corinthians 9:5 Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

•   1 Corinthians 9:14 In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

•   1 Corinthians 9:22–23 I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel

•   1 Corinthians 9:25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

•   1 Corinthians 10:6 “Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.”

•   1Cor10:11 "these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction”

•   1Cor10:12 “Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.”

•   1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.

•   1Cor10:13 God is faithful, &he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but w/the temptation he will also provide the way of escape

•   1 Corinthians 10:31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

•   1 Cor 11:11–12 in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman.

•   1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

•   1Cor12:7–11 "To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good... All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit”

•   1Cor12:8–10 thru the Spirit…wisdom…knowledge…faith…healing…miracles…prophecy… the ability to distinguish b/w spirits…tongues…interpretation

•   1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

•   1 Corinthians 12:28 God has appointed…apostles…prophets…teachers…miracles…healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues

•   1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

•   1Cor13:4–5 Love is patient &kind…doesn’t envy or boast…isn’t arrogant or rude…doesn’t insist on its own way; isn’t irritable or resentful

•   1 Corinthians 13:7–8 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.

•   1 Corinthians 13:13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

•   1Corinthians 14:12 So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

•   1Corinthians 14:20 "Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.”

•   1Cor14:26–33 Let all things be done for building up…so that all may learn &all be encouraged…For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.

•   1 Corinthians 14:27 If any speak in a tongue…each in turn, and let someone interpret…If a revelation is made

•   1 Corinthians 14:30-31 If a revelation is made…prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged

•   1 Corinthians 14:30–35 If a revelation is made…the women should keep silent in the churches…let them ask their husbands at home.

•   1 Corinthians 14:40 But all things should be done decently and in order.

•   1 Corinthians 15:3–4 Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day

•   1Cor15:4–8 he was raised on the 3rd day…he appeared to Cephas…the twelve…five hundred brothers…James..to all the apostles…also to me [Paul]

•   1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain.

•   1 Corinthians 15:14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

•   1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

•   1 Corinthians 15:33-34 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”…do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God.

•   1Cor15:51–52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet…the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed

•   1 Corinthians 15:54–55 “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”

•   1 Corinthians 15:58 “be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain”

•   1 Corinthians 16:13–14 "Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.”

•   1Cor16:13 “act like men”

•   1 Corinthians 16:22 If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!