1 Corinthians 1:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • 1 Cor 1:23-25 : 23 But wee preach Christ crucified: vnto the Iewes, euen a stumbling blocke, and vnto the Grecians, foolishnesse: 24 But vnto them which are called, both of the Iewes and Grecians, we preach Christ, the power of God, and the wisedome of God. 25 For the foolishnesse of God is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God is stronger then men.
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God vnto saluation to euery one that beleeueth, to the Iewe first, and also to the Grecian.
  • 2 Cor 4:3 : 3 If our Gospell bee then hid, it is hid to them that are lost.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued.
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the worde of God is liuely, and mightie in operation, & sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding asunder of the soule and the spirit, and of the ioints, and the marow, and is a discerner of the thoughtes, and the intents of the heart.
  • 1 Cor 1:21 : 21 For seeing the worlde by wisedome knewe not God in the wisedome of GOD, it pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue:
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I esteemed not to knowe any thing among you, saue Iesus Christ, and him crucified.
  • Acts 13:41 : 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and vanish away: for I woorke a woorke in your daies, a woorke which yee shall not beleeue, if a man would declare it you.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes, disputed with him, and some sayde, What will this babler say? Others sayde, He seemeth to be a setter forth of straunge gods (because hee preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.)
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 Now when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked, and other sayde, We will heare thee againe of this thing.
  • 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 (For the weapons of our warrefare are not carnall, but mightie through God, to cast downe holdes)
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 As many as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they would not suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ. 13 For they themselues which are circumcised keepe not the law, but desire to haue you circumcised, that they might reioyce in your flesh. 14 But God forbid that I should reioyce, but in ye crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified vnto me, & I vnto ye world.
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 For our Gospell was not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes.
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.
  • 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 And whereby ye are saued, if ye keepe in memorie, after what maner I preached it vnto you, except ye haue beleeued in vaine.
  • 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish. 16 To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?
  • Ps 110:2-3 : 2 The Lorde shall send the rod of thy power out of Zion: be thou ruler in the middes of thine enemies. 3 Thy people shall come willingly at the time of assembling thine armie in holy beautie: the youth of thy wombe shalbe as the morning dewe.
  • Acts 2:47 : 47 Praysing God, and had fauour with all the people: and the Lorde added to the Church from day to day, such as should be saued.

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    19For it is written, I will destroy the wisedome of the wise, and will cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent.

    20Where is the wise? where is the Scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolishnesse?

    21For seeing the worlde by wisedome knewe not God in the wisedome of GOD, it pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue:

    22Seeing also that the Iewes require a signe, and the Grecians seeke after wisdome.

    23But wee preach Christ crucified: vnto the Iewes, euen a stumbling blocke, and vnto the Grecians, foolishnesse:

    24But vnto them which are called, both of the Iewes and Grecians, we preach Christ, 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.

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    17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preache the Gospel, not with wisdome of wordes, lest the crosse of Christ should be made of none effect.

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    14But God forbid that I should reioyce, but in ye crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified vnto me, & I vnto ye world.

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    1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellencie of woordes, or of wisedome, shewing vnto you the testimonie of God.

    2For I esteemed not to knowe any thing among you, saue Iesus Christ, and him crucified.

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    4Neither stoode my woorde, and my preaching in the entising speech of mans wisdom, but in plaine euidence of the Spirite and of power,

    5That your faith should not be in the wisdome of men, but in the power of God.

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

    7But we speake the wisedome of God in a mysterie, euen the hid wisedom, which God had determined before the world, vnto our glory.

    8Which none of the princes of this world hath knowen: for had they knowen it, they would not haue crucified the Lord of glory.

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    18Let no man deceiue himselfe: If any man among you seeme to be wise in this world, let him be a foole, that he may be wise.

    19For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.

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    16For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God vnto saluation to euery one that beleeueth, to the Iewe first, and also to the Grecian.

    17For by it the righteousnesse of God is reueiled from faith to faith: as it is written, The iust shall liue by faith.

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    27But God hath chosen the foolish thinges of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weake thinges of the worlde, to confound the mightie things,

    28And vile things of the worlde and thinges which are despised, hath God chosen, and thinges which are not, to bring to nought thinges that are,

    29That no flesh shoulde reioyce in his presence.

    30But ye are of him in Christ Iesus, who of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption,

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    3If our Gospell bee then hid, it is hid to them that are lost.

    4In whom the God of this world hath blinded the mindes, that is, of the infidels, that the light of the glorious Gospell of Christ, which is the image of God, should not shine vnto them.

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    15For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.

    16To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?

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    14But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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    5For our Gospell was not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes.

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    22When they professed themselues to be wise, they became fooles.

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    11And brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why doe I yet suffer persecution? Then is the slaunder of the crosse abolished.

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    1Moreouer brethren, I declare vnto you the Gospel, which I preached vnto you, which ye haue also receiued, and wherein ye continue,

    2And whereby ye are saued, if ye keepe in memorie, after what maner I preached it vnto you, except ye haue beleeued in vaine.

    3For first of all, I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued, how that Christ died for our sinnes, according to the Scriptures,

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    10And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued.

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    7But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of that power might be of God, and not of vs.

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    13For whether we be out of our wit, we are it to God: or whether we be in our right minde, we are it vnto you.

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    25But the woorde of the Lorde endureth for euer: and this is the woorde which is preached among you.