1 Corinthians 1:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ This is what God with his wisdom wanted: The world did not know God through the world’s own wisdom. So God used the message {\cf2\super [8]} that sounds foolish to save the people that believe it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For when the world with all its earthly wisdom failed to perceive and recognize and know God by means of its own philosophy, God in His wisdom was pleased through the foolishness of preaching [salvation, procured by Christ and to be had through Him], to save those who believed (who clung to and trusted in and relied on Him).

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

Common English Bible

²¹ In God’s wisdom, he determined that the world wouldn’t come to know him through its wisdom. Instead, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of preaching.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ For the world did not know God through wisdom, and so, in the wisdom of God, it pleased God to accomplish the salvation of believers, through the foolishness of our preaching.

1 Corinthians 1:21 Referencias Cruzadas

Luke 10:21

Then the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [190]} made Jesus feel very happy. Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I praise you because you have hidden these things from the wise and smart people. But you have shown these things to people that are like little children. Yes, Father, you did this because this is what you really wanted to do.

Matthew 11:25

Then Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I praise you because you have hidden these things from the wise and smart people. But you have shown these things to people that are like little children.

Ephesians 3:10

God’s purpose was that all the rulers and powers in the heavenly places will now know the many different ways God shows his wisdom. They will know this because of the church. {\cf2\super [25]}

1 Corinthians 1:24

But Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God to those people that God has called (chosen)—Jews and Greeks (non-Jews).

Daniel 2:20

Daniel said:

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.

Romans 11:33

Yes, God’s riches are very great! God’s wisdom and knowledge have no end! No person can explain the things God decides. No person can understand God’s ways.

Luke 12:32

“Don’t fear, little flock (group). Your Father (God) wants to give you the kingdom.

John 12:31

Now is the time for the world to be judged. Now the ruler of this world (the devil) will be thrown out.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The teaching about the cross seems foolish to those people that are lost. But to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But this is the message we tell everyone: Christ was killed on a cross. This message is a big problem to the Jews. And the non-Jews think it is foolish.

1 Corinthians 1:25

Even the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom. Even the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

1 Corinthians 1:27

But God chose the foolish things of the world to give shame to the wise people. God chose the weak things of the world to give shame to the strong people.

1 Corinthians 2:14

A person that is not spiritual does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks that those things are foolish. That person cannot understand the things of the Spirit, because those things can only be judged spiritually.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ. But \{you think\} you are very wise in Christ. We are weak, but \{you think\} you are strong. People give you honor, but they don’t honor us.

1 Corinthians 6:2

Surely you know that God’s people will judge the world. So if you will judge the world, then surely you are able to judge small things \{like this\}.

1 Corinthians 11:32

Never do anything that might make other people do wrong—Jews, Greeks (non-Jews), or God’s church.

Galatians 1:15

But God had special plans for me even before I was born. So God called me with his grace (kindness). God wanted me

Galatians 4:8

In the past you did not know God. You were slaves to gods that were not real.

Ephesians 1:9

let us know his secret plan. This was what God wanted. And he planned to do it through Christ.

Colossians 1:19

God was pleased for all of himself to live in Christ.

Hebrews 1:14

All the angels are spirits who serve God and are sent to help those people who will receive salvation.

Hebrews 2:3

The salvation \{that was given to us\} is very great. So surely we also will be punished if we live like this salvation is not important. It was the Lord (Jesus) who first told people about this salvation. And the people who heard him proved to us that this salvation is true.

Hebrews 7:25

So Christ can save those people who come to God through him. Christ can do this forever, because he always lives, ready to help people when they come before God.

James 4:4

So you people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. So if a person wants to be a part {\cf2\super [18]} of the world, then he makes himself God’s enemy.

James 5:15

The prayer that is said with faith will make the sick person well. The Lord will heal that person. And if that person has sinned, then God will forgive those sins.

James 5:20

Remember this: Any person who brings a sinner back from the wrong way will save that sinner from death (hell). By doing this, that person will cause many sins to be forgiven.