1 Corinthians 4:10

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We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

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  • 1 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling.
  • Acts 17:18 : 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.)
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly,“You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Guard 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.
  • 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.
  • 1 Cor 4:8 : 8 Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.
  • 1 Cor 10:14-15 : 14 Avoid Idol Feasts So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15 I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 because some say,“His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”
  • 2 Cor 11:19 : 19 For since you are so wise, you put up with fools gladly.
  • 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
  • 2 Cor 13:3-4 : 3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you. 4 For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.
  • 1 Cor 1:1-3 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother, 2 to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
  • 1 Cor 1:18-20 : 18 The 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. 19 For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” 20 Where 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?
  • 1 Cor 1:26-28 : 26 Think 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. 27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said,“We will hear you again about this.”
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 The 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.
  • 1 Cor 3:2 : 2 I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,
  • 2 Kgs 9:11 : 11 When Jehu rejoined his master’s servants, they asked him,“Is everything all right? Why did this madman visit you?” He replied,“Ah, it’s not important. You know what kind of man he is and the kinds of things he says.”
  • Prov 11:12 : 12 The one who denounces his neighbor lacks sense, but a discerning person keeps silent.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How can you say,“We are wise! We have the law of the LORD”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean. 9 Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the LORD’s message, what wisdom do they really have?
  • Hos 9:7 : 7 The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Israel will be humbled! Israel Rejects Hosea’s Prophetic Exhortations The prophet is considered a fool– the inspired man is viewed as a madman– because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.
  • Matt 10:22-25 : 22 And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved! 23 Whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to another! I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 “A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 Persecution of Disciples“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 “The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
  • Luke 18:9 : 9 The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

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    11To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

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

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    3since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.

    4For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.

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    19For since you are so wise, you put up with fools gladly.

    20For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.

    21(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

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    10Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

    11The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

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

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    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

    13For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

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    5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

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    7An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

    8We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

    9we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed,

    10always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.

    11For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

    12As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

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    16Paul’s Sufferings for Christ I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

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    9For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.

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    7You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.

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    6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

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    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.

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    10because some say,“His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”

    11Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

    12Paul’s Mission For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.

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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.”

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    4As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

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    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

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    1Paul’s Perseverance in Ministry Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

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    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?

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    12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

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    19Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.

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    2But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.

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    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.

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    36As it is written,“For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

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    16Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

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    17For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.