1 Corinthians 4:10

Tree of Life Version

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!

Cross References

2 Kings 9:11

Then Jehu came out to the officers of his master, and one asked him, “Is everything all right? Why did this crazy fellow come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and his babbling.”

Proverbs 11:12

One who despises his neighbor lacks sense, but one with discernment remains silent.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Hosea 9:7

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel know! The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad! For great is your iniquity and great the hostility.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of My name.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me.

Luke 10:16

The one who listens to you hears Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me, and the one who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Luke 18:9

Then Yeshua spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, while holding others in contempt.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

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 26:24

As Paul was thus making his defense, Festus says with a loud voice, “You’re crazy, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

Acts 9:16

For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

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 1:23

but we proclaim Messiah crucified—a stumbling block to Jewish people and foolishness to Gentile people,

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 the one who thinks that he stands watch out that he doesn’t fall.

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 2:3

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:2

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. Indeed, even now you are not yet ready,

1 Corinthians 4:8

Already you are full! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! Indeed, I wish you were kings, so we also might be kings with you!

2 Corinthians 10:10

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

2 Corinthians 11:19

For you, being so wise, put up with fools gladly.

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

2 Corinthians 13:9

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this—your perfecting.

2 Corinthians 4:12

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

2 Corinthians 6:8

through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report. We are regarded as deceivers and yet true;

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Consequently, the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but God, who gives His Ruach ha-Kodesh to you.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are insulted for the name of Messiah, you are fortunate, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.