1 Corinthians 1:25

Easy To Read Version

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

Cross References

Exodus 13:17

Pharaoh made the people leave Egypt. The Lord did not let the people take the road leading to the land of the Philistines. That road {by the sea} is the shortest way, but the Lord said, “{If the people go that way} they will have to fight. Then they might change their minds and go back to Egypt.”

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 1:21

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.

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.

2 Corinthians 13:4

It is true that Christ was weak when he was killed on the cross. But he lives now by God’s power. And it is true that we are weak in Christ. But for you we will be alive in Christ by God’s power.