1 Corinthians 1:22

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For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,

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  • Acts 17:18-21 : 18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) 19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming? 20 For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.” 21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)
  • John 2:18 : 18 So then the Jewish leaders responded,“What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”
  • Matt 12:38-39 : 38 The Sign of Jonah Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him,“Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” 39 But he answered them,“An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 The Demand for a Sign Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He said,“When evening comes you say,‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’ 3 and in the morning,‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.
  • Mark 8:11 : 11 The Demand for a Sign Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.
  • Luke 11:16 : 16 Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.
  • Luke 11:20 : 20 But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.
  • John 4:28 : 28 Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people,

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  • 1 Cor 1:23-30
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    23but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.

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

    25For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

    26Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

    27But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

    28God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

    29so that no one can boast in his presence.

    30He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

  • 1 Cor 1:17-21
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    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel– and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

    18The Message of the Cross For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

    19For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.”

    20Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

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

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

    19For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written,“He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

    20And again,“The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

  • John 12:20-21
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    20Seekers Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast.

    21So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested,“Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”

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    1When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.

    2For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

  • 1 Cor 2:4-8
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    4My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

    5so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

    6Wisdom from God Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

    7Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

    8None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

  • Rom 1:22
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    22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

  • John 2:18
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    18So then the Jewish leaders responded,“What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”

  • Acts 17:19-21
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    19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

    20For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”

    21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

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    1Justification by Law or by Faith? You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!

  • 1 Cor 2:14
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    14The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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    9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

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    5But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

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    17Live in Holiness So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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    32Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

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    16The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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    15The Justification of Jews and Gentiles We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

  • Acts 20:21
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    21testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

  • 1 Tim 1:7
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    7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.

  • Acts 13:42
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    42As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

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    38The Sign of Jonah Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him,“Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

    39But he answered them,“An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

  • Acts 17:1
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    1Paul and Silas at Thessalonica After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

  • Phil 2:21
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    21Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 10:2
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    2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

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    14I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

  • Rom 1:19
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    19because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

  • Rom 9:32
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    32Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

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    9For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God