1 Corinthians 1:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.
  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 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.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose. 29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers: 30 And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
  • 1 Cor 1:9 : 9 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Prov 8:22-30 : 22 The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past. 23 From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was. 24 When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water. 25 Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth: 26 When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world. 27 When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep: 28 When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed: 29 When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth: 30 Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;
  • Luke 7:35 : 35 But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children.
  • Luke 11:49 : 49 For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;
  • Rom 1:4 : 4 But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord,
  • Prov 8:1 : 1 Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?
  • Rom 9:24 : 24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

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  • 1 Cor 1:25-31
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    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.

    30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

    31 So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 1:17-23
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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.

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

    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;

  • 1 Cor 2:4-8
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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:

    5 So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

    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:

  • 1 Cor 3:19
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    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

  • Rom 1:16
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    16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
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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.

    2 For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

  • Rom 1:6-7
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    6 Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:

    7 To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Col 1:27
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    27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Rom 9:24
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    24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?

  • 1 Cor 1:9
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    9 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • 1 Cor 1:1-2
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    1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

    2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

  • 2 Tim 1:9
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    9 Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

  • Rom 1:14
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    14 I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.

  • Rom 1:22
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    22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

  • 2 Thess 2:14
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    14 And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 13:3-4
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    3 Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you:

    4 For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.

  • Eph 3:9-10
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    9 And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

    10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

  • Rom 16:25
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    25 Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,

  • Eph 1:19
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    19 And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,

  • Rom 10:12
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    12 And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:

  • 1 Cor 3:23
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    23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12 So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 3:9
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    9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

  • Eph 1:17
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    17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

  • Eph 1:8
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    8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;

  • Gal 6:14
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    14 But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

  • 1 Cor 1:12-13
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    12 That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

    13 Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?