1 Corinthians 1:18

Weymouth NT

For the Message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are on the way to perdition, but it is the power of God to those whom He is saving.

Cross References

Acts 13:41

`Behold, you despisers, be astonished and perish, because I am carrying on a work in your time–a work which you will utterly refuse to believe, though it be fully declared to you.'«

Acts 17:18

A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him. Some of them asked, »What has this beggarly babbler to say?«»His business,« said others, »seems to be to cry up some foreign gods.« This was because he had been telling the Good News of Jesus and the Resurrection.

Acts 17:32

When they heard Paul speak of a resurrection of dead men, some began to scoff. But others said, »We will hear you again on that subject.«

Acts 2:47

praising God and being regarded with favour by all the people. Also, day by day, the Lord added to their number those whom He was saving.

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes–the Jew first, and then the Gentile.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For after the world by its wisdom –as God in His wisdom had ordained– had failed to gain the knowledge of God, God was pleased, by the apparent foolishness of the Message which we preach, to save those who accepted it.

1 Corinthians 15:2

through which also you are obtaining salvation, if you bear in mind the words in which I proclaimed it–unless indeed your faith has been unreal from the very first.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.

1 Corinthians 2:2

For I determined to be utterly ignorant, when among you, of everything except of Jesus Christ, and of Him as having been crucified.

1 Corinthians 3:19

This world's wisdom is »foolishness« in God's sight; for it is written, »He snares the wise with their own cunning.«

1 Corinthians 4:10

We, for Christ's sake, are labeled as »foolish«; you, as Christians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.

2 Corinthians 10:4

The weapons with which we fight are not human weapons, but are mighty for God in overthrowing strong fortresses.

2 Corinthians 4:3

If, however, the meaning of our Good News has been veiled, the veil has been on the hearts of those who are on the way to perdition,

1 Thessalonians 1:5

The Good News that we brought you did not come to you in words only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much certainty, for you know the sort of men we became among you, as examples for your sakes.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and by every kind of wicked deception for those who are on the way to perdition because they did not welcome into their hearts the love of the truth, so that they might be saved.

Hebrews 12:2

simply fixing our gaze upon Jesus, our Prince Leader in the faith, who will also award us the prize. He, for the sake of the joy which lay before Him, patiently endured the cross, looking with contempt upon its shame, and afterwards seated Himself – where He still sits– at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 4:12

For God's Message is full of life and power, and is keener than the sharpest two-edged sword. It pierces even to the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between the joints and the marrow, and it can discern the secret thoughts and purposes of the heart.