1 Corinthians 1:22

For Jews require a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

Revised King James New Testament

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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

In Context

21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by its wisdom did not come to know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of our preaching to save those who believe.

23But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness;

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Cross References

Matthew 16:1The Pharisees and the Sadducees came, and testing him, asked that he would show them a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:16And others, tempting him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

John 2:18Then the Jews answered and said to him, What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?

Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What is this babbler trying to say? and others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.

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 →

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