1 Corinthians 1:18
For a discourse concerning the cross is, to them who perish, foolishness; but to us who live, it is the energy of God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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Acts 2:47And they praised God, and had favor with all the people. And our Lord added daily to the assembly those who became alive.
Acts 17:18And also philosophers of the sect of Epicureans, and others who were called Stoics, disputed with him. And one and another of them said: What doth this word-monger mean? Others said: He announceth foreign deities; because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection.
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God unto life, to all who believe in it; whether first they are of the Jews, or whether they are of the Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 1:23But we preach Messiah as crucified; which is a stumbling-block to the Jews, and foolishness to the Gentiles;
1 Corinthians 2:14For a man in his natural self, receiveth not spirituals; for they are foolishness to him. Neither can he know them; for they are discerned by the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:2and by which ye have life. In what terms I preached to you, ye remember; unless 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 →