1 Corinthians 1:18
For the discourse, the subject of which is the cross, is indeed to those who perish, folly; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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Acts 2:47praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added the saved ones daily to the church.
Acts 17:18Then certain of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him: and some said, What will this chattering fellow say? but others, He seemeth to be a preacher of foreign deities, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God for salvation to every one who believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews indeed an offence, and to the Greeks folly;
1 Corinthians 2:14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are folly to him: and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 15:2by which also ye are saved; if ye cleave to that word I have preached to you, except haply ye have believed in vain.
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 →