1 Corinthians 1:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For the Iewes require a signe, & the Grekes seke after wisedome:

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  • Acts 17:18-21 : 18 Then certaine philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes disputed with hym. And some saide: What wyll this babler say? Other some, he seemeth to be a setter foorth of newe gods: because he preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection. 19 And they toke hym, and brought him into Marce streate, saying: Maye we not knowe what this newe doctrine wherof thou speakest is? 20 For thou bryngest certaine straunge thinges to our eares: We would knowe therfore what these thynges meane. 21 For all the Athenians and straungers which were there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell or to heare some newe thyng.
  • John 2:18 : 18 Then aunswered the Iewes, & sayde vnto hym: What token shewest thou vnto vs, seeyng that thou doest these thynges?
  • Matt 12:38-39 : 38 Then certayne of the Scribes, and of the Pharisees, aunswered hym, saying. Maister, we wyl see a signe of thee. 39 But he aunswered and sayde to them. The euyll and adulterous generation seketh a signe, and there shall no signe be geuen to it, but the signe of the prophete Ionas.
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 The Pharisees also, with the Saducees, came, and temptyng, desired hym that he woulde shewe them a signe from heauen. 2 He aunswered & sayde vnto them: when it is euenyng, ye say, it wyll be fayre weather: for the sky is redde. 3 And in the mornyng, It wyll be foule weather to day: for the sky is lowryng redde. O ye hypocrites, ye can discerne the outwarde appearaunce of the sky: but can ye not discerne the signes of the tymes? 4 The froward and adulterous nation requireth a signe: and there shall no signe be geuen vnto it, but the signe of the prophete Ionas. And he left them, and departed.
  • Mark 8:11 : 11 And the Pharisees came foorth, and began to dispute with hym, sekyng of him a signe from heauen, tempting him.
  • Luke 11:16 : 16 And other tempted him, and required of hym a signe from heauen.
  • Luke 11:20 : 20 But yf I with the fynger of God cast out deuyls, no doubt the kyngdome of God is come vpon you.
  • John 4:28 : 28 The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the citie, & sayth to the men:

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  • 1 Cor 1:23-30
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    23But we preache Christe crucified, vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke, and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse:

    24But vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Grekes we preache Christe the power of God, and the wisedome of God.

    25For the foolishnesse of God, is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God, is stronger then men.

    26Brethren, ye see your callyng, howe that not many wise men after the fleshe, not many myghtie, not many noble are called.

    27But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde, to confounde the wise: And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde, to confounde thynges which are myghtie:

    28And vnnoble thynges of the worlde, & thinges which are despysed, hath God chosen, yea and thinges which are not, to bryng to naught thynges that are:

    29That no fleshe shoulde reioyce in his presence.

    30And of hym are ye in Christe Iesu, whiche of God is made vnto vs wisedome, and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption:

  • 1 Cor 1:17-21
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    17For Christe sent me not to baptize, but to preache the Gospell: not with wisedome of wordes, lest ye crosse of Christ shoulde be made of none effect.

    18For the preachyng of the crosse, is to them that perishe foolishnesse: but vnto vs which are saued, it is the power of God.

    19For it is written, I wyll destroye the wisedome of the wyse, and wyll cast away the vnderstandyng of the prudent.

    20Where is the wise? where is ye scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolyshenesse?

    21For after that the world through wisedome knewe not God, in the wisedome of God: it pleased God through foolishnesse of preachyng to saue them that beleue.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse.

    19For the wisedome of this worlde, is foolishnesse with God. For it is writte: He compasseth the wise in their own craftynesse.

    20And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they be vayne.

  • John 12:20-21
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    20There were certaine Grekes among them, that came to worship at the feast:

    21The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida, a citie of Galilee, and desired hym, saying: Syr, we woulde fayne see Iesus.

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
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    1And I brethren, when I came to you, came not in gloriousnesse of wordes, or of wisedome, shewing vnto you the testimonie of God.

    2For I esteemed not to knowe any thyng among you saue Iesus Christe, and hym crucified.

  • 1 Cor 2:4-8
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    4And my wordes and my preachyng was not with entysing wordes of mans wisedome, but in shewyng of the spirite, and of power:

    5That your fayth should not stande in the wisedome of men, but in the power of God.

    6And we speake wisedome among the that are perfite: not the wisedome of this world, neither of the princes of this world, which come to naught.

    7But we speake the wisedome of God in a misterie euen the hyd wisedome which God ordeyned before the worlde, vnto our glorie.

    8Which none of ye princes of this world knewe: For had they knowen it, they woulde not haue crucified the Lorde of glorie.

  • Rom 1:22
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    22When they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles:

  • John 2:18
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    18Then aunswered the Iewes, & sayde vnto hym: What token shewest thou vnto vs, seeyng that thou doest these thynges?

  • Acts 17:19-21
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    19And they toke hym, and brought him into Marce streate, saying: Maye we not knowe what this newe doctrine wherof thou speakest is?

    20For thou bryngest certaine straunge thinges to our eares: We would knowe therfore what these thynges meane.

    21For all the Athenians and straungers which were there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell or to heare some newe thyng.

  • Gal 3:1
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    1O foolishe Galathians, who hath bewitched you, that ye shoulde not obey ye trueth? To whom Iesus Christe was described before the eyes, & among you crucified.

  • 1 Cor 2:14
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    14But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of ye spirite of God, for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym: Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned.

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    9What then? Are we better then they? No, in no wise. For we haue alredy proued, howe that both Iewes and Gentiles are all vnder sinne.

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    5If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym.

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    17This I say therfore, and testifie in the Lorde, that ye hencefoorth walke not as other gentiles walke, in vanitie of their mynde:

  • 1 Cor 10:32
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    32See that ye geue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor yet to the Grecians, neither to the Churche of God.

  • Rom 1:16
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    16For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ, because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue, to the Iewe first, and also to the Greke.

  • Gal 2:15
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    15We which are Iewes by nature, and not sinners of the gentiles,

  • Acts 20:21
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    21Witnessyng both to the Iewes & also to the Grekes, the repentaunce that is towarde God, and the fayth whiche is towarde our Lorde Iesus.

  • 1 Tim 1:7
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    7Couetyng to be doctours of the lawe, not vnderstandyng what they speake, neither wherof they affirme.

  • Acts 13:42
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    42And when they were gone out of the synagogue of the Iewes, the Gentiles besought that they woulde preache these wordes to them ye next Sabboth.

  • Matt 12:38-39
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    38Then certayne of the Scribes, and of the Pharisees, aunswered hym, saying. Maister, we wyl see a signe of thee.

    39But he aunswered and sayde to them. The euyll and adulterous generation seketh a signe, and there shall no signe be geuen to it, but the signe of the prophete Ionas.

  • Acts 17:1
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    1As they made their iourney thorowe Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Iewes.

  • Phil 2:21
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    21For all seeke their owne, not the thynges which are Iesus Christes.

  • Rom 10:2
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    2For I beare them recorde, that they haue a zeale of God: but not accordyng to knowledge.

  • Rom 1:14
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    14I am debter both to the grekes, and to the barbarous, both to the wyse, and to the vnwise.

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    19For that that may be knowen of God, is manifest among them, because God hath shewed it vnto them.

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    32Wherfore? Because they sought it not by fayth: but as it were by the workes of the lawe. For they haue stumbled at the stumblyng stone,

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