1 Corinthians 4:10

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

Cross References

2 Kings 9:11

When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.”

Proverbs 11:12

He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Hosea 9:7

The days of punishment have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; 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 utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Luke 10:16

“He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

Luke 18:9

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:

Luke 6:22

“Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man!

Acts 17:18

Some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said, “What would this babbler say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

Acts 26:24

And as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are mad; your great learning is turning you mad.”

Acts 9:16

for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,

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 any one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:3

And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling;

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:2

I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not ready for it; and even yet you are not ready,

1 Corinthians 4:8

Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!

2 Corinthians 10:10

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.”

2 Corinthians 11:19

For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves!

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

2 Corinthians 13:9

For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your improvement.

2 Corinthians 4:12

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

2 Corinthians 6:8

in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.