1 Corinthians 1:23

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but we preach about Christ and his death on the cross. That’s very hard for Jews to accept, and Gentiles think it’s foolish.

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.

1 Peter 2:8

And, “It’s a stone that causes people to trip, a rock that makes them fall.” People who don’t obey the message trip and fall, just the way God planned it.

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.

Galatians 5:11

Brothers and sisters, if I’m preaching that people have to be circumcised, then why am I getting so much resistance? If I were preaching that, then no one would be offended that they had to trust only in what Jesus did for them on the cross.

1 Corinthians 1:18

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.

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them. He said to Mary, Jesus’ mother, “God has sent this child to cause many people in Israel to fall and to rise. Many will speak against him,

Galatians 6:14

I don’t ever want to brag about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Through that cross, the world has been crucified to me and I have been crucified to the world.

Matthew 13:57

And they couldn’t believe in Jesus because they were stuck on these questions. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own town and in his own home.”

Matthew 11:6

Blessed is anyone who doesn’t give up their faith because of the way I do things.”

Ephesians 3:8

I’m less than the least of all the Lord’s people. But he gave me the grace to preach to the Gentiles about the unlimited riches that Christ gives.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who cast a spell on you? When I preached, I showed you clearly that Jesus Christ had been nailed to the cross.

2 Corinthians 4:5

The message we preach isn’t about ourselves. It’s about Jesus Christ as Lord, and about ourselves as your servants for his sake.

1 Corinthians 1:28

God chose the things of this world that are common, and which are looked down on as if they were nothing, in order to discredit the things that are considered significant.

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 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.