1 Corinthians 4:10

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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.

Cross References

2 Kings 9:11

Jehu came out to his master’s officials. One of them asked him, “Is everything alright? Why did this lunatic come to you?” He answered, “You know the man and the kind of things he says.”

Proverbs 11:12

A person who despises a neighbor has no sense, but a person who has understanding keeps quiet.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by people. He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering. He was despised like one from whom people turn their faces, and we didn’t consider him to be worth anything.

Hosea 9:7

The time for them to be punished will come. The time for them to pay for their sins will come. ⌞When this happens,⌟ Israel will know it. ⌞They think that⌟ prophets are fools and that spiritual people are crazy. They have sinned a lot, and they are very hostile.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to those who will torture and kill you. All nations will hate you because you are committed to me.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, lie, and say all kinds of evil things about you because of me.

Luke 10:16

“The person who hears you hears me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

Luke 18:9

Jesus also used this illustration with some who were sure that God approved of them while they looked down on everyone else.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because you are committed to the Son of Man.

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 26:24

As Paul was defending himself in this way, Festus shouted, “Paul, you’re crazy! Too much education is driving you crazy!”

Acts 9:16

I’ll show him how much he has to suffer for the sake of my name.”

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 1:23

but our message is that Christ was crucified. This offends Jewish people and makes no sense to people who are not Jewish.

1 Corinthians 1:25

God’s nonsense is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

1 Corinthians 10:12

So, people who think they are standing firmly should be careful that they don’t fall.

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 2:3

When I came to you, I was weak. I was afraid and very nervous.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise in the ways of this world, you should give up that wisdom in order to become really wise.

1 Corinthians 3:2

I gave you milk to drink. I didn’t give you solid food because you weren’t ready for it. Even now you aren’t ready for it

1 Corinthians 4:8

You already have what you want! You’ve already become rich! You’ve become kings without us! I wish you really were kings so that we could be kings with you.

2 Corinthians 10:10

I know that someone is saying that my letters are powerful and strong, but that I’m a weakling and a terrible speaker.

2 Corinthians 11:19

You’re wise, so you’ll gladly put up with fools.

2 Corinthians 11:29

When anyone is weak, I’m weak too. When anyone is caught in a trap, I’m also harmed.

2 Corinthians 13:9

We’re glad when we are weak and you are strong. We are also praying for your improvement.

2 Corinthians 4:12

Death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

2 Corinthians 6:8

as we are praised and dishonored, as we are slandered and honored, and as we use what is right to attack what is wrong and to defend the truth. We are treated as dishonest although we are honest,

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore, whoever rejects this ⌞order⌟ is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed because the Spirit of glory—the Spirit of God—is resting on you.