1 Corinthians 1:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

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  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • 1 Cor 1:23-25 : 23 But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
  • 2 Cor 4:3 : 3 But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost:
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
  • 1 Cor 1:21 : 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
  • Acts 13:41 : 41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I am working a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though a man declare it to you.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What does this babbler want to say? Others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, We will hear you again on this matter.
  • 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds;
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 As many as desire to make a good appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only to avoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ. 13 For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But God forbid that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 For our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction; as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.
  • 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 By which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
  • 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things?
  • Ps 110:2-3 : 2 The LORD will send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule in the midst of your enemies. 3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
  • Acts 2:47 : 47 Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

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  • 1 Cor 1:19-25
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    19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

    20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

    21For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

    22For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

    23But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness;

    24But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

    25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

  • 1 Cor 1:17
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    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But God forbid that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
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    1And I, brothers, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

    2For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

  • 1 Cor 2:4-8
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    4And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

    5that your faith should not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

    6However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

    7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

    8which none of the rulers of this world knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-19
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    18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness.

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    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

    17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'

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    27But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

    28And base things of the world, and things which are despised, God has chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are:

    29That no flesh should glory in his presence.

    30But of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—

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    3But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost:

    4In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

  • Gal 3:1
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    1O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been clearly set forth, crucified among you?

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    10We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised.

  • 2 Cor 13:3-4
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    3Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you.

    4For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.

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    15For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

    16To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things?

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    14But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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    5For our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction; as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

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    22Professing to be wise, they became fools,

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    28And not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a sign of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

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    20For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

  • 1 Cor 1:13
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    13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

  • Eph 1:19
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    19And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,

  • Gal 5:11
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    11And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

  • 1 Cor 15:1-3
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    1Moreover, brothers and sisters, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, and in which you stand;

    2By which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

    3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;

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    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  • Rom 16:25
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    25Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret since the world began,

  • 2 Cor 5:13
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    13For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

  • Phil 1:16
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    16The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains:

  • 1 Pet 1:25
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    25But the word of the Lord endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.