20 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.20",
"source": "Ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ γραμματεύς; ποῦ συζητητὴς τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου; οὐχὶ ἐμώρανεν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ κόσμου τούτου;",
"text": "Where *sophos*? where *grammateus*? where *syzētētēs* of the *aiōnos toutou*? *ouchi emōranen* the *Theos* the *sophian* of the *kosmou toutou*?",
"grammar": {
"*sophos*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - wise person",
"*grammateus*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - scribe",
"*syzētētēs*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - debater/disputer",
"*aiōnos*": "noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of age",
"*toutou*": "demonstrative pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - of this",
"*ouchi*": "negative particle (emphatic) - not",
"*emōranen*": "verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - made foolish",
"*Theos*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - God",
"*sophian*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - wisdom",
"*kosmou*": "noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of world",
"*toutou*": "demonstrative pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - of this"
},
"variants": {
"*sophos*": "wise person/sage/philosopher",
"*grammateus*": "scribe/scholar/secretary",
"*syzētētēs*": "debater/disputer/skilled arguer",
"*aiōnos*": "age/era/world period",
"*emōranen*": "made foolish/proved foolish/showed to be folly",
"*sophian*": "wisdom/skill/intelligence",
"*kosmou*": "world/universe/ordered system"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.21",
"source": "Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐκ ἔγνω ὁ κόσμος διὰ τῆς σοφίας τὸν Θεόν, εὐδόκησεν ὁ Θεὸς διὰ τῆς μωρίας τοῦ κηρύγματος σῶσαι τοὺς πιστεύοντας.",
"text": "For *epeidē gar* in the *sophia* of the *Theou ouk egnō* the *kosmos* through the *sophias* the *Theon*, *eudokēsen* the *Theos* through the *mōrias* of the *kērygmatos sōsai tous pisteuontas*.",
"grammar": {
"*epeidē*": "conjunction - since/because",
"*gar*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*sophia*": "noun, dative, feminine, singular - wisdom",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*ouk*": "negative particle - not",
"*egnō*": "verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - knew",
"*kosmos*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - world",
"*sophias*": "noun, genitive, feminine, singular - of wisdom",
"*Theon*": "noun, accusative, masculine, singular - God",
"*eudokēsen*": "verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - was pleased/decided",
"*Theos*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - God",
"*mōrias*": "noun, genitive, feminine, singular - of foolishness",
"*kērygmatos*": "noun, genitive, neuter, singular - of preaching/proclamation",
"*sōsai*": "verb, aorist, active, infinitive - to save",
"*tous pisteuontas*": "participle, present, active, accusative, masculine, plural - the ones believing"
},
"variants": {
"*epeidē*": "since/because/whereas",
"*egnō*": "knew/came to know/recognized",
"*kosmos*": "world/universe/ordered system",
"*eudokēsen*": "was pleased/decided/chose",
"*mōrias*": "foolishness/absurdity/folly",
"*kērygmatos*": "preaching/proclamation/message",
"*sōsai*": "to save/to rescue/to deliver",
"*pisteuontas*": "believing/trusting/having faith"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.22",
"source": "Ἐπειδὴ Καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι σημεῖον αἰτοῦσιν, καὶ Ἕλληνες σοφίαν ζητοῦσιν:",
"text": "*Epeidē* both *Ioudaioi sēmeion aitousin*, and *Hellēnes sophian zētousin*:",
"grammar": {
"*Epeidē*": "conjunction - since/because",
"*Ioudaioi*": "noun, nominative, masculine, plural - Jews",
"*sēmeion*": "noun, accusative, neuter, singular - sign/miracle",
"*aitousin*": "verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - they request/ask for",
"*Hellēnes*": "noun, nominative, masculine, plural - Greeks",
"*sophian*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - wisdom",
"*zētousin*": "verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - they seek"
},
"variants": {
"*Epeidē*": "since/because/whereas",
"*Ioudaioi*": "Jews/Jewish people",
"*sēmeion*": "sign/miracle/wonder",
"*aitousin*": "request/ask for/demand",
"*Hellēnes*": "Greeks/Gentiles/non-Jews",
"*sophian*": "wisdom/philosophy/intelligence",
"*zētousin*": "seek/search for/look for"
}
}
23 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.23",
"source": "Ἡμεῖς δὲ κηρύσσομεν Χριστὸν ἐσταυρωμένον, Ἰουδαίοις μὲν σκάνδαλον, Ἕλλησιν δὲ μωρίαν·",
"text": "We *de kēryssomen Christon estaurōmenon*, to *Ioudaiois men skandalon*, to *Hellēsin de mōrian*;",
"grammar": {
"*de*": "conjunction - but/and",
"*kēryssomen*": "verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person, plural - we preach/proclaim",
"*Christon*": "noun, accusative, masculine, singular - Christ",
"*estaurōmenon*": "participle, perfect, passive, accusative, masculine, singular - having been crucified",
"*Ioudaiois*": "noun, dative, masculine, plural - to Jews",
"*men*": "particle - on the one hand (correlative with *de*)",
"*skandalon*": "noun, accusative, neuter, singular - stumbling block/offense",
"*Hellēsin*": "noun, dative, masculine, plural - to Greeks",
"*de*": "conjunction - but/and/on the other hand",
"*mōrian*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - foolishness"
},
"variants": {
"*kēryssomen*": "preach/proclaim/announce",
"*estaurōmenon*": "having been crucified/executed on a cross",
"*Ioudaiois*": "Jews/Jewish people",
"*skandalon*": "stumbling block/offense/obstacle",
"*Hellēsin*": "Greeks/Gentiles/non-Jews",
"*mōrian*": "foolishness/absurdity/folly"
}
}
24 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.24",
"source": "Αὐτοῖς δὲ τοῖς κλητοῖς, Ἰουδαίοις τε καὶ Ἕλλησιν, Χριστὸν Θεοῦ δύναμιν, καὶ Θεοῦ σοφίαν.",
"text": "To them *de* the *klētois*, *Ioudaiois te kai Hellēsin*, *Christon Theou dynamin*, and *Theou sophian*.",
"grammar": {
"*de*": "conjunction - but/and",
"*klētois*": "adjective, dative, masculine, plural - called/appointed",
"*Ioudaiois*": "noun, dative, masculine, plural - to Jews",
"*te*": "conjunction - and/both (connects closely with *kai*)",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*Hellēsin*": "noun, dative, masculine, plural - to Greeks",
"*Christon*": "noun, accusative, masculine, singular - Christ",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*dynamin*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - power",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*sophian*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - wisdom"
},
"variants": {
"*klētois*": "called/appointed/invited",
"*Ioudaiois*": "Jews/Jewish people",
"*Hellēsin*": "Greeks/Gentiles/non-Jews",
"*dynamin*": "power/might/strength/ability",
"*sophian*": "wisdom/skill/intelligence"
}
}
25 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.25",
"source": "Ὅτι τὸ μωρὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ σοφώτερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστίν· καὶ τὸ ἀσθενὲς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἰσχυρότερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστίν.",
"text": "Because the *mōron* of the *Theou sophōteron* of the *anthrōpōn estin*; and the *asthenes* of the *Theou ischyroteron* of the *anthrōpōn estin*.",
"grammar": {
"*mōron*": "adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - foolish thing",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*sophōteron*": "adjective, comparative, nominative, neuter, singular - wiser",
"*anthrōpōn*": "noun, genitive, masculine, plural - of men/humans",
"*estin*": "verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - is",
"*asthenes*": "adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - weak thing",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*ischyroteron*": "adjective, comparative, nominative, neuter, singular - stronger",
"*anthrōpōn*": "noun, genitive, masculine, plural - of men/humans",
"*estin*": "verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - is"
},
"variants": {
"*mōron*": "foolish thing/folly/foolishness",
"*sophōteron*": "wiser/more skillful/more intelligent",
"*anthrōpōn*": "men/humans/people",
"*asthenes*": "weak thing/weakness/feebleness",
"*ischyroteron*": "stronger/mightier/more powerful"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.26",
"source": "Βλέπετε γὰρ τὴν κλῆσιν ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι οὐ πολλοὶ σοφοὶ κατὰ σάρκα, οὐ πολλοὶ δυνατοί, οὐ πολλοὶ εὐγενεῖς:",
"text": "You *blepete gar* the *klēsin* of you, *adelphoi*, that *ou polloi sophoi kata sarka*, *ou polloi dynatoi*, *ou polloi eugeneis*:",
"grammar": {
"*blepete*": "verb, present, active, imperative, 2nd person, plural - see/consider",
"*gar*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*klēsin*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - calling",
"*adelphoi*": "noun, vocative, masculine, plural - brothers",
"*ou*": "negative particle - not",
"*polloi*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - many",
"*sophoi*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - wise",
"*kata*": "preposition - according to",
"*sarka*": "noun, accusative, feminine, singular - flesh",
"*dynatoi*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - powerful/influential",
"*eugeneis*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - well-born/noble"
},
"variants": {
"*blepete*": "see/consider/observe/take note of",
"*klēsin*": "calling/invitation/summons",
"*adelphoi*": "brothers/siblings/fellow believers",
"*sophoi*": "wise/skilled/learned",
"*sarka*": "flesh/human standards/physical existence",
"*dynatoi*": "powerful/mighty/influential/able",
"*eugeneis*": "well-born/noble/of high birth"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.27",
"source": "Ἀλλὰ τὰ μωρὰ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεὸς ἵνα τοὺς σοφούς καταισχύνῃ· καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεὸς ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τὰ ἰσχυρά·",
"text": "But the *mōra* of the *kosmou exelexato* the *Theos* so that the *sophous kataischynē*; and the *asthenē* of the *kosmou exelexato* the *Theos* so that he *kataischynē* the *ischyra*;",
"grammar": {
"*mōra*": "adjective, accusative, neuter, plural - foolish things",
"*kosmou*": "noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of world",
"*exelexato*": "verb, aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person, singular - chose for himself",
"*Theos*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - God",
"*sophous*": "adjective, accusative, masculine, plural - wise ones",
"*kataischynē*": "verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular - might shame/put to shame",
"*asthenē*": "adjective, accusative, neuter, plural - weak things",
"*kosmou*": "noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of world",
"*exelexato*": "verb, aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person, singular - chose for himself",
"*Theos*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - God",
"*kataischynē*": "verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular - might shame/put to shame",
"*ischyra*": "adjective, accusative, neuter, plural - strong things"
},
"variants": {
"*mōra*": "foolish things/folly/things considered foolish",
"*kosmou*": "world/universe/ordered system",
"*exelexato*": "chose for himself/selected/picked out",
"*sophous*": "wise ones/sages/skilled persons",
"*kataischynē*": "might shame/might put to shame/might humiliate",
"*asthenē*": "weak things/feeble things/things without strength",
"*ischyra*": "strong things/powerful things/mighty things"
}
}
28 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.28",
"source": "Καὶ τὰ ἀγενῆ τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ τὰ ἐξουθενημένα, ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεός, καὶ τὰ μὴ ὄντα, ἵνα τὰ ὄντα καταργήσῃ:",
"text": "And the *agenē* of the *kosmou*, and the *exouthenēmena*, *exelexato* the *Theos*, and the *mē onta*, so that the *onta katargēsē*:",
"grammar": {
"*agenē*": "adjective, accusative, neuter, plural - lowborn/of no family",
"*kosmou*": "noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of world",
"*exouthenēmena*": "participle, perfect, passive, accusative, neuter, plural - having been despised",
"*exelexato*": "verb, aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person, singular - chose for himself",
"*Theos*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - God",
"*mē*": "negative particle - not",
"*onta*": "participle, present, active, accusative, neuter, plural - being/existing things",
"*onta*": "participle, present, active, accusative, neuter, plural - being/existing things",
"*katargēsē*": "verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular - might nullify/bring to nothing"
},
"variants": {
"*agenē*": "lowborn/base/ignoble/of no family",
"*kosmou*": "world/universe/ordered system",
"*exouthenēmena*": "despised/rejected/considered nothing",
"*exelexato*": "chose for himself/selected/picked out",
"*onta*": "existing things/things that are",
"*katargēsē*": "might nullify/might bring to nothing/might render ineffective"
}
}
29 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.29",
"source": "Ὅπως μὴ καυχήσηται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.",
"text": "So that *mē kauchēsētai pasa sarx enōpion* of him.",
"grammar": {
"*mē*": "negative particle - not",
"*kauchēsētai*": "verb, aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular - might boast",
"*pasa*": "adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - all/every",
"*sarx*": "noun, nominative, feminine, singular - flesh",
"*enōpion*": "preposition - before/in the presence of"
},
"variants": {
"*kauchēsētai*": "might boast/might glory/might take pride",
"*pasa*": "all/every/the whole",
"*sarx*": "flesh/human being/physical nature",
"*enōpion*": "before/in the presence of/in the sight of"
}
}
30 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.30",
"source": "Ἐξ αὐτοῦ δὲ ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ὃς ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν σοφία ἀπὸ Θεοῦ, δικαιοσύνη τε, καὶ ἁγιασμός, καὶ ἀπολύτρωσις:",
"text": "From him *de* you *este* in *Christō Iēsou*, who *egenēthē* to us *sophia* from *Theou*, *dikaiosynē te*, and *hagiasmos*, and *apolytrōsis*:",
"grammar": {
"*de*": "conjunction - but/and/now",
"*este*": "verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person, plural - you are",
"*Christō Iēsou*": "dative, masculine, singular - in Christ Jesus",
"*egenēthē*": "verb, aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - became/was made",
"*sophia*": "noun, nominative, feminine, singular - wisdom",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God",
"*dikaiosynē*": "noun, nominative, feminine, singular - righteousness",
"*te*": "conjunction - both/and (connects closely with following *kai*)",
"*hagiasmos*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - sanctification",
"*apolytrōsis*": "noun, nominative, feminine, singular - redemption"
},
"variants": {
"*este*": "are/exist",
"*egenēthē*": "became/was made/has become",
"*sophia*": "wisdom/skill/intelligence",
"*dikaiosynē*": "righteousness/justice/rightness",
"*hagiasmos*": "sanctification/holiness/consecration",
"*apolytrōsis*": "redemption/ransom/deliverance"
}
}
31 {
"verseID": "1 Corinthians.1.31",
"source": "Ἵνα, καθὼς γέγραπται, Ὁ καυχώμενος, ἐν Κυρίῳ καυχάσθω.",
"text": "So that, *kathōs gegraptai*, The one *kauchōmenos*, in *Kyriō kauchasthō*.",
"grammar": {
"*kathōs*": "adverb - just as/according as",
"*gegraptai*": "verb, perfect, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - it has been written",
"*kauchōmenos*": "participle, present, middle/passive, nominative, masculine, singular - boasting",
"*Kyriō*": "noun, dative, masculine, singular - in Lord",
"*kauchasthō*": "verb, present, middle/passive, imperative, 3rd person, singular - let him boast"
},
"variants": {
"*kathōs*": "just as/according as/even as",
"*gegraptai*": "has been written/is written/stands written",
"*kauchōmenos*": "boasting/glorying/taking pride",
"*kauchasthō*": "let him boast/let him glory/let him take pride"
}
}