1 Corinthians 1:23
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews indeed a stumblingblock, and unto the Gentiles foolishness:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
In Context
22For both the Jews require signs, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
24But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Cross References
Matthew 11:6And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.
Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted;
John 6:53The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Acts 10:39And we are witnesses of all things that he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed, hanging him upon a tree.
1 Corinthians 1:18For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:2For I judged not myself to know anything among you, but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
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 →