1 Corinthians 1:22

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Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

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  • Acts 17:18-21 : 18 And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead. 19 And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours? 20 For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them. 21 (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)
  • John 2:18 : 18 Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?
  • Matt 12:38-39 : 38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you. 39 But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false generation is looking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah:
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven. 2 But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times. 4 An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.
  • Mark 8:11 : 11 And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
  • Luke 11:16 : 16 And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.
  • Luke 11:20 : 20 But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
  • John 4:28 : 28 Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,

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    23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

    24 But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

    25 Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

    26 For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

    27 But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

    28 And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

    29 So that no flesh might have glory before God.

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    17 For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

    18 For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

    19 As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

    20 Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

    21 For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

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    18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

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    20 Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

    21 They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

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    1 And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

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    4 And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

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    6 But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

    7 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

    8 Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:

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    22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

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    18 Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

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    19 And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

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    21 (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

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    15 We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

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    21 For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.

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    2 For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

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    9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,