1 Corinthians 1:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ For the story and message of the cross is sheer absurdity and folly to those who are perishing and on their way to perdition, but to us who are being saved it is the [manifestation of] the power of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are being destroyed. But it is the power of God for those of us who are being saved.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For the Word of the Cross is certainly foolishness to those who are perishing. But to those who have been saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:18 Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:14

Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is God’s saving power for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

2 Corinthians 4:3

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

1 Thessalonians 1:5

because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake.

1 Corinthians 2:2

For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

Acts 13:41

‘Look, you scoffers! Be amazed and perish, for in your days I am doing a work, a work that you will never believe, even if someone tells you.’ ”

Hebrews 4:12

Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

2 Corinthians 10:4

for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments

1 Corinthians 15:2

through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.

Acts 17:32

When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some scoffed, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

Acts 17:18

Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this pretentious babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

Acts 2:47

praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are sensible people in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

Hebrews 12:2

looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.