1 Corinthians 1:23
But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
In Context
22Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:
24But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
Cross References
Matthew 11:6And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.
Luke 2:34And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;
John 6:53Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.
Acts 10:39And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.
1 Corinthians 1:18For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:2For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
The Efficacy of the Gospel; The Character of the Gospel. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the… Read the whole commentary →