1 Corinthians 1:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Acts 17:18-21 : 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. 19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is that you speak of? 20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we want to know what these things mean. 21 For all the Athenians and foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear some new thing.
  • John 2:18 : 18 So the Jews answered and said to him, What sign do you show to us, since you do these things?
  • Matt 12:38-39 : 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we would like to see a sign from you. 39 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah:
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 The Pharisees and the Sadducees came and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times? 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and departed.
  • Mark 8:11 : 11 And the Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking a sign from heaven, testing him.
  • Luke 11:16 : 16 And others, tempting him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
  • Luke 11:20 : 20 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, no doubt the kingdom of God has come upon you.
  • John 4:28 : 28 The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men,

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    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.

    26For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

    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.

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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,

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