1 Corinthians 1:18

James Moffatt - New Testament

Those who are doomed to perish find the story of the cross 'sheer folly,' but it means the power of God for those whom he saves.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:14

The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye.

Romans 1:16

For I am proud of the gospel; it is God's saving power for everyone who has faith, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them.

2 Corinthians 4:3

Even if my gospel is veiled, it is only veiled in the case of the perishing;

1 Corinthians 1:21

For when the world with all its wisdom failed to know God in his wisdom, God resolved to save believers by the 'sheer folly' of the Christian message.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For God ranks this world's wisdom as 'sheer folly.' It is written, He seizes the wise in their craftiness,

1 Thessalonians 1:5

for our gospel came to you not with mere words but also with power and with the holy Spirit, with ample conviction on our part (you know what we were to you, for your own good),

1 Corinthians 2:2

I determined among you to be ignorant of everything except Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ the crucified.

Acts 13:41

Look, you disdainful folk, wonder at this and perish for in your days I do a deed, a deed you will never believe, not though one were to explain it to you."

Hebrews 4:12

For the Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow — scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.

2 Corinthians 10:4

the weapons of my warfare are not weapons of the flesh, but divinely strong to demolish fortresses —

1 Corinthians 15:2

the gospel by which you are saved — provided you adhere to my statement of it — unless indeed your faith was all haphazard.

Acts 17:32

But on hearing of a 'resurrection of dead men,' some sneered, while others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also came across him. Some said, "Whatever does the fellow mean with his scraps of learning'?" Others said, "He looks like a herald of foreign deities" (this was because he preached 'Jesus' and 'the Resurrection').

Acts 2:47

praising God and looked on with favour by all the people. Meantime the Lord added the saved daily to their number.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We, for Christ's sake, are 'fools'; you in Christ are sensible. We are weak, you are strong; you are honoured, we are in disrepute.

Hebrews 12:2

our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith — upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.