¹Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

¹Paula, Pathian deihlama Jesu Kris sawltaka sap leh i unaupa Sostheni,

²to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

²Korinth khua a Pathian saptuam omte, Kris Jesu a sehtuam, gam chiha I Toupa, amau leh eite Toupa, Jesu Kris min lou tengteng toh misiangthou hi dinga sapte kiangah:

³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Pathian I Pa leh Toupa Jesu Kris kianga kipan hehpihna leh lemna na kiang uah om hen.

⁴I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

⁴Kris Jesu a Pathian hehpihna na kiang ua hongkipia jiakin na tung thu uah Pathian kiangah kipahthu ka gen gige hi;

⁵that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;

⁵Bangkimah thugen peuhmah ah leh theihna chi tengah, amaha hihhauhin na om uh.

⁶even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

⁶Huchibangin Kris thu ka theihsak pen noumau ah hihkipin a om hi;

⁷so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁷Huan, i Toupa Jesu Kris kilakna ngak kawmin, khalam thilpiak himhim na tasam kei uhi;

⁸who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸Aman, i Toupa Jesu Kris ni chia gensiat beia na omna ding un, a tawp phain a honhihkip behlap ding hi.

⁹God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

⁹Pathian, a Tapa Jesu Kris i Toupa kithuahpihnaa nou honsam lutpa, a muanhuai hi.

¹⁰Now I beg you, brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

¹⁰Huan, unaute aw, na vek un thu kibang na gen ua, na lak ua kikhenna himhim a om louhna dingin lungsim munkhat leh ngaihtuah munkhata diktaka na kizop chinten jawkna ding un Toupa Jesu Kris minin kon ngen ahi.

¹¹For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

¹¹Ka unaute aw, na tungtangthu uh, na lak uah kiselna bang a om chih Kloi inkuanpihten honhilh ua.

¹²Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”

¹²Hiai ka chihna ahi, mi tengtengin, Kei Paula pawl ka hi, Kei jaw Apolla pawl ka hi, Kei jaw Kifa pawl ka hi, Kei jaw Kris pawl ka hi, na chih vengvung uh.

¹³Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

¹³Kris khenin a om ahia? Paula na sik un kilhdenin a om ahia? Ahihkeileh Paula mina baptisin na om ua hia?

¹⁴I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

¹⁴Krispa leh Gaia loungal na lak uah mi kuamah kon baptis louh jiakin Pathian kiangah kipahthu ka gen jel ahi;

¹⁵so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.

¹⁵Huchi hikei leh jaw min keimah mina baptis na hi uh a chi kha ding uhi.

¹⁶(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

¹⁶Stephan inkuanpihte bel ka baptis ngeia, tuate loujaw mi dang ka baptis hiam ka theikei.

¹⁷For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

¹⁷Kris in baptis dingin honsawl ngal keia, Tanchin Hoih gen dingin honsawl jaw ahi; thu pila gen louin, huchilou injaw Kris kros thilhihtheihna bangmah lou a suaksak kha ding uhi.

¹⁸For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

¹⁸Kros thu jaw mangthang lelte adin haina ahi ngala; eite hotdam lelte adin bel Pathian thilhihtheihna ahi jaw hi.

¹⁹For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.” Isaiah 29:14

¹⁹Mi pil pilna ka hihmang dinga, lemthei lemtheihna leng ka paikhe ding, chih gelh ahi ngal a.

²⁰Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²⁰Mipil koiah ahia? Laigelhmi koiah ahia? Hiai khovela selhatmi koiah ahia? Pathianin khovel pilna haihuai ahi chih a theisak kei ahia?

²¹For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

²¹Pathian pilna ah bel, khovelin a pilna zanga Pathian a theihtheih louh nungin thugen haihuai zanga a gingtate hotdam tuh a kipahlam ahi.

²²For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

²²Judaten chiamtehnate a phut nak ua, Grikten pilna a zong nak uhi.

²³but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

²³Eiten bel Kris kilhden thu i gen jel ua; huai tuh Judate adin pukna, Jentelte adin haina ahi a;

²⁴but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

²⁴Himahleh Judate leng hi hen aw, Grikte leng hi heh, sapte adin jaw Kris, Pathian thilhihtheihna leh Pathian pilna pen ahi.

²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁵Pathian haina mihing sangin a piljaw a, Pathian hatlouhna leng huai mihing sangin a hat jaw nak nak hi.

²⁶For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

²⁶Unaute aw, a honsapna ngaihtuah dih ua, salama mi pil tampite, mi hat tampite, mi hoih pipite, sap a hih louhdan uh:

²⁷but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

²⁷Himahleh, Pathian in khovel thil haite a tel jaw a, mi pilte a zahlaksak theihna dingin; huan Pathianin khovel thil hatloute a tela, a hatte a zahlak sak theihna dingin;

²⁸and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:

²⁸Khovel thil niam leh thil siammohhuaite, thil omloute toh tanin Pathian in a tela, thil omte bangmah loua a bawl theihna dingin;

²⁹that no flesh should boast before God.

²⁹Huchiin, Pathian maah mi kuamah a kiuangsak theikei ding uh.

³⁰But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

³⁰Amah tuh Kris-a noute hinna nak ahi; huan Pathianin Kris tuh i pilna bang, I diktatna bang, i sianthouna bang, i tatna bang hi dingin a bawlta;Huaijiakin, gelh ahih bangin, a suang peuhmahin Toupa suang hen.

³¹that, according as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:24

³¹Huaijiakin, gelh ahih bangin, a suang peuhmahin Toupa suang hen.