First Epistle to the Corinthians

First Epistle to the Corinthians ### Chapter I.—The salutation. Praise of the Corinthians before the breaking forth of schism among them.

§1 (¶1)

And I will give the wicked for His sepulchre, and the rich for His death, [1] because He did no iniquity, neither was guile found in His mouth. And the Lord is pleased to purify Him by stripes.

§2 (¶2)

Above all, [1] with His holy and undefiled hands He formed man, the most excellent [of His creatures], and truly great through the understanding given him— the express likeness of His own image.

§3 (¶3)

Let us therefore, with all haste, put an end [1] to this [state of things]; and let us fall down before the Lord, and beseech Him with tears, that He would mercifully [1] be reconciled to us, and restore us to our…

§4 (¶4)