1 Corinthians 1:18

Tree of Life Version

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

‘Look, you scoffers, be amazed and vanish away. For I am doing a work in your days— a work you will never believe, even if someone tells it to you in detail.’”

Acts 17:18

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What’s this babbler trying to say?” while others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was proclaiming the Good News of Yeshua and the resurrection.

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began scoffing. But others said, “We will hear from you again about this.”

Acts 2:47

praising God and having favor with all the people. And every day the Lord was adding to their number those being saved.

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the Good News, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who trusts—to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For seeing that—in God’s wisdom—the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased—through the foolishness of the message proclaimed—to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 15:2

and by it you are being saved if you hold firm to the word I proclaimed to you—unless you believed without proper consideration.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Now a natural man does not accept the things of the Ruach Elohim, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:2

For I decided not to know about anything among you except Yeshua the Messiah—and Him crucified.

1 Corinthians 3:19

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

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Messiah’s sake, but you are wise in Messiah! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

2 Corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful through God for the tearing down of strongholds. We are tearing down false arguments

2 Corinthians 4:3

And even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

because our Good News did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Ruach ha-Kodesh and with complete certainty—just as you know what kind of men we proved to be while among you for your sake.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every kind of wicked deception toward those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.

Hebrews 12:2

focusing on Yeshua, the initiator and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame; and He has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword—piercing right through to a separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.