1 Corinthians 1:18
For the doctrine of the cross is to them, that perish, foolishness: but to us, who are saved, it is the power of God.
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Acts 2:47praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Acts 17:18But some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him; and some said, What would this babler say? and others, He seemeth to be a proclaimer 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 unto salvation to every one that believeth, both Jew and Greek:
1 Corinthians 1:23to the Jews indeed a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; but to them that are called,
1 Corinthians 2:14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 15:2By which also ye are saved, if ye retain it as I preached it to you: unless indeed 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 →