1 Corinthians 1:25 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁵ For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ [This is] because the foolish thing [that has its source in] God is wiser than men, and the weak thing [that springs] from God is stronger than men.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Common English Bible

²⁵ This is because the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ For what is foolishness to God is considered wise by men, and that which is weakness to God is considered strong by men.

1 Corinthians 1:25 Cross References

Exodus 13:17

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt.”

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

2 Corinthians 13:4

For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him, but in dealing with you we shall live with him by the power of God.