1 Corinthians 1:18

God's Word

The message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

Cross References

Acts 13:41

‘Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe even if it were reported to you!’ ”

Acts 17:18

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers had discussions with him. Some asked, “What is this babbling fool trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be speaking about foreign gods.” The philosophers said these things because Paul was telling the Good News about Jesus and saying that people would come back to life.

Acts 17:32

When the people of the court heard that a person had come back to life, some began joking about it, while others said, “We’ll hear you talk about this some other time.”

Acts 2:47

At the same time, they praised God and had the good will of all the people. Every day the Lord saved people, and they were added to the group.

Romans 1:16

I’m not ashamed of the Good News. It is God’s power to save everyone who believes, Jews first and Greeks as well.

1 Corinthians 1:21

The world with its wisdom was unable to recognize God in terms of his own wisdom. So God decided to use the nonsense of the Good News we speak to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 15:2

In addition, you are saved by this Good News if you hold on to the doctrine I taught you, unless you believed it without thinking it over.

1 Corinthians 2:14

A person who isn’t spiritual doesn’t accept the teachings of God’s Spirit. He thinks they’re nonsense. He can’t understand them because a person must be spiritual to evaluate them.

1 Corinthians 2:2

While I was with you, I decided to deal with only one subject—Jesus Christ, who was crucified.

1 Corinthians 3:19

The wisdom of this world is nonsense in God’s sight. That’s why Scripture says, “God catches the wise in their cleverness.”

1 Corinthians 4:10

We have given up our wisdom for Christ, but you have insight because of Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

2 Corinthians 10:4

The weapons we use in our fight are not made by humans. Rather, they are powerful weapons from God. With them we destroy people’s defenses, that is, their arguments

2 Corinthians 4:3

So if the Good News that we tell others is covered with a veil, it is hidden from those who are dying.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

We know this because the Good News we brought came to you not only with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with complete certainty. In the same way you know what kind of people we were while we were with you and the good things we did for you.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

He will use everything that God disapproves of to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.

Hebrews 12:2

We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.

Hebrews 4:12

God’s word is living and active. It is sharper than any two-edged sword and cuts as deep as the place where soul and spirit meet, the place where joints and marrow meet. God’s word judges a person’s thoughts and intentions.