1 Corinthians 1:18
FOR the doctrine of the cross to those who perish is foolishness, but to us who are saved it is the power of Aloha.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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Acts 2:47praising Aloha, (and) given (to be) in favour before all the people. And our Lord added daily them who were saved into the church.
Acts 17:18and the philosophers also who were of the doctrine of Epikuros, and others who were called Estoiku, disputed with him. And some of them said, What willeth this accumulator of words? And others said, He preaches foreign gods; because Jeshu and his resurrection he preached unto them.
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of Aloha for the salvation of all who believe in him, whether of the Jihudoyee first, or of the Aramoyee:
1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach the Meshiha crucified, a scandal to the Jihudoyee, and to the Aramoyee foolishness;
1 Corinthians 2:14For the man who is animal receiveth not spirituals, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them, because they by the Spirit are judged of;
1 Corinthians 15:2and by which you are saved; of which, the word I have preached to you, you are mindful, unless you have vainly believed.
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 →