1 Corinthians 4:10

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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!

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:3

When I came to you, I was weak and afraid and shaking all over.

Acts 26:24

At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s speech. “You’re out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is making you crazy!”

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.

1 Peter 4:14

If people insult you because of the name of Christ, then you’re blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

2 Corinthians 13:9

I’m glad whenever I’m weak but you’re strong. I pray that you will be fully restored.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t fool yourselves. If any of you think you’re wise by the standards of the world, you should become “fools” so that you can become truly wise.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

If anyone refuses to accept this teaching, they’re not rejecting a human being. They’re rejecting God, the very same God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 11:29

If anyone is weak, I feel weak. If anyone is led into sin, I burn on the inside.

2 Corinthians 11:19

You gladly put up with fools because you’re so wise!

2 Corinthians 10:10

Some say, “In his letters, he sounds important and forceful, but in person he’s not very impressive, and he’s not a good speaker.”

1 Corinthians 10:12

So if you think you’re standing firm, be careful—you might fall.

1 Corinthians 4:8

You think you already have everything you need. You think you’ve already become rich and that you’ve begun to rule, even though we haven’t. I wish that you really had begun to rule. Then we’d be ruling with you!

1 Corinthians 3:2

The words I spoke to you were like milk, not solid food. You weren’t ready for solid food, and you’re still not ready for it.

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.

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 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer for me.”

Luke 18:9

Jesus told a story to some people who were sure they were right with God and looked down on everyone else.

Luke 10:16

“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever does not accept you does not accept me. But whoever does not accept me does not accept the one who sent me.”

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, when they have nothing to do with you, when they say bad things about you, and when they treat your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:9

“Then people will hand you over to be oppressed and killed, and all nations will hate you because of me.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when, because of me, people insult you and attack you and falsely accuse you of doing all kinds of bad things.

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 1:23

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.

1 Corinthians 1:25

The foolish things of God are wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

2 Corinthians 6:8

We serve God in times of glory and shame, whether the things people say about us are good or bad. We’re genuine, but people treat us as if we were fakes.

2 Corinthians 4:12

So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.