1 Corinthians 1:18

The Text-Critical English New Testament

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Cross References

Acts 13:41

‘Behold, you scoffers, be amazed and perish, for I am doing a work in your days that you will certainly not believe, even if someone tells you about it.’ ”

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. Some said, “What is this babbler trying to say?” But others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities.” (They said this because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We wish to hear about this from yoʋ again.”

Acts 2:47

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, both to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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 our proclamation to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 15:2

and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the message that I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural man does not accept what comes from the Spirit of God, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it because it is spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:2

For I resolved to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are esteemed, but we are dishonored.

2 Corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful in God for tearing down strongholds.

2 Corinthians 4:3

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much conviction. You know what sort of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every kind of wicked deception among those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

Hebrews 12:2

fixing our eyes upon Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.