1 Corinthians 4:10

Modern English Version

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honorable, but we are despised.

Cross References

2 Kings 9:11

When Jehu had returned to his master’s servants, one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” And he said to them, “You know this man and his babble.”

Proverbs 11:12

He who is devoid of wisdom derides his neighbor, but a man of intelligence remains silent.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we did not esteem him.

Hosea 9:7

The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is insane, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. And you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

Luke 10:16

“He who listens to you listens to Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

Luke 18:9

He told this parable to some who trusted in themselves, as though they were righteous, and despised others:

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company and insult you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

Acts 17:18

Then some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What will this babbler say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection to them.

Acts 17:32

When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some scoffed. But others said, “We will hear you again concerning this matter.”

Acts 26:24

So as he made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are mad. Much learning is turning you to madness.”

Acts 9:16

For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Greeks.

1 Corinthians 1:25

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

1 Corinthians 10:12

Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed, lest he fall.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:3

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 3:2

I have fed you with milk and not with solid food. For to this day you were not able to endure it. Nor are you able now,

1 Corinthians 4:8

Now you are full! Now you are rich! You have begun reigning as kings without us! And I would that you did reign, so that we also might reign with you.

2 Corinthians 10:10

“For his letters,” they say, “are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”

2 Corinthians 11:19

For you tolerate fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are wise.

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I am not distressed?

2 Corinthians 13:9

For we are glad when we are weak, and you are strong. We wish even for your completion.

2 Corinthians 4:12

So then, death works in us, but life in you.

2 Corinthians 6:8

by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore he that despises does not despise man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reproached because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.