1 Corinthians 1:18

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The message of the cross seems foolish to those who are lost. But to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:14

The person who doesn’t have the Spirit doesn’t accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. Those things seem foolish to them, and they can’t understand them, because they can’t be understood without the Spirit’s help.

Romans 1:16

I’m not ashamed of the good news. It’s the power of God that can save everyone who believes, first the Jews and then also the Gentiles.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

People who are being lost will be fooled by this evil because they refuse to love the truth that would save them.

2 Corinthians 4:3

Our good news may still be hidden behind a veil for those who are being lost.

1 Corinthians 1:21

God wisely planned that the world wouldn’t be able to understand him through its own wisdom. Instead, God was happy to use the foolish things we preach to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 3:19

The wisdom of this world is foolish in God’s eyes. It is written, “God catches wise people in their own clever plans.”

1 Thessalonians 1:5

because our good news didn’t just come to you through our words. It came with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with great confidence. You know what we went through for your sake when we were with you.

1 Corinthians 2:2

My goal while I was with you was to talk about only one thing: Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

Acts 13:41

“ ‘Look, you who make fun of the truth! Wonder and die! I am going to do something in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.’ ”

Hebrews 4:12

The word of God is alive and active. It’s even sharper than any sword that has two edges. It penetrates deep inside us, to where the bones meet the joints and where the soul meets the spirit, until it reveals the thoughts and intentions of our hearts.

2 Corinthians 10:4

The weapons I fight with aren’t the weapons of this world. They’re just the opposite! They use the power of God to destroy resistance—

1 Corinthians 15:2

and you’re being saved by it. But you must hold firmly to the message I preached to you. Otherwise, you’ll have believed it for nothing.

Acts 17:32

When they heard Paul talk about the dead being raised, some of them laughed at that idea. But others said, “We want to hear you speak about this again.”

Acts 17:18

A group of Epicurean and Stoic thinkers began to argue with him. Some of them asked, “What is this person blabbing on about?” Others said, “He seems to be talking about gods we’ve never heard of.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and saying that he’d risen from the dead.

Acts 2:47

God. All the people thought well of them. Every day the Lord added to their group more people who were being saved.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We’re fools for Christ, but you’re so wise in Christ! We’re weak, but you’re so strong! You are honored, but we’re looked down on!

Hebrews 12:2

And let’s keep looking to Jesus. He’s the one who leads us into faith and the one who makes our faith mature. Because of the joy he was looking forward to, he didn’t let the shame of being put to death on a cross stop him. He suffered on the cross, and then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.