1 Corinthians 1

1 ¹Paul, wey our Papa call by im own will to be apostle of Christ Jesus, and Sosthenes our brother, ²to di church of our Papa wey dey Corinth: una wey dem don make holy inside Christ Jesus, wey dem call make una be holy, together with everybody wey dey everywhere wey dey call di name of our Oga Jesus Christ—their Oga and our own. ³Make grace and peace from our Papa and di Oga Jesus Christ dey with una.

We Dey Thank Papa for Im Grace

⁴I dey always thank my Papa for una, because of di grace wey our Papa give una inside Christ Jesus, ⁵because inside am, una don rich for every kind way, for all talk and all knowledge, ⁶just as di testimony about Christ take stand strong among una, ⁷so that una no dey lack any gift as una dey wait with strong mind for di time wey our Oga Jesus Christ go show imself, ⁸na im go still hold una firm reach di end, so that nobody go fit blame una for di day of our Oga Jesus Christ. ⁹Our Papa dey faithful, na im call una make una join deep fellowship with im Pikin, Jesus Christ our Oga.

Di Family Must To Be One

¹⁰My brothers and sisters, I dey beg una, for di name of our Oga Jesus Christ: make una all agree; make no division divide una, but make una be one for one mind and one purpose. ¹¹Because Chloe im people don tell me, my brothers and sisters, say quarrel dey among una. ¹²Wetin I mean be say: each one of una dey talk, “I dey for Paul side,” “I dey for Apollos side,” “I dey for Cephas side,” “I dey for Christ side.” ¹³Christ don divide? Na Paul dem nail for cross for una? Abi na for di name of Paul dem baptize una? ¹⁴I dey thank our Papa say I no baptize any of una except Crispus and Gaius, ¹⁵so that nobody go fit talk say na for my name dem baptize una. ¹⁶I baptize Stephanas im household too; apart from dat one, I no know if I baptize any other person. ¹⁷Christ no send me to baptize but to preach di good news—no be with words of human wisdom, so that di cross of Christ no go lose im power.

Di Power of di Cross

¹⁸Di message of di cross na foolishness to dem wey dey perish, but to us wey dey get salvation, na our Papa power.

¹⁹Because dem write am say: I go destroy di wisdom of di wise people, and I go throw away di understanding of dem wey sabi.

²⁰Where di wise person dey? Where di scholar dey? Where di person wey sabi argue for dis age dey? No be our Papa don turn di wisdom of dis world to foolishness? ²¹Because for inside our Papa wisdom, di world no know am through im own wisdom, e sweet am to save dem wey believe through di foolishness of wetin we dey preach. ²²Because Jews dey ask for signs and Greeks dey find wisdom, ²³but we dey preach Christ wey dem nail for cross—wey be stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, ²⁴but to dem wey our Papa call, Jews and Greeks together, Christ na di power of our Papa and di wisdom of our Papa. ²⁵Because di foolishness of our Papa get sense pass men, and di weakness of our Papa strong pass men.

²⁶My brothers and sisters, make una look di way wey God take call una: no be plenty of una wise for human eye, no be plenty get power, no be plenty come from big family. ²⁷But our Papa choose di foolish things of di world to shame di wise people, and our Papa choose di weak things of di world to shame di strong things, ²⁸and di low, despised things of di world na our Papa choose—di things wey no be anything—to bring to nothing di things wey be something, ²⁹so that nobody go fit brag for front of our Papa. ³⁰Na from am una dey inside Christ Jesus, wey become our wisdom from our Papa—our correct-and-holy way and our holiness and our redemption, ^a a v30 Inside Christ, di Papa dey give us everything wey we need — na Christ imself become our wisdom, our correct standing, our holiness, and our freedom. Di gift na Person. ³¹so that, as dem write am, “Make di person wey wan brag, brag inside di Oga.”