Listen! Wisdom and Understanding\par are calling for you to listen.\par
1 Corinthians 1:24 - Easy To Read Version But Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God to those people that God has called (chosen)—Jews and Greeks (non-Jews). Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek (Gentile), Christ [is] the Power of God and the Wisdom of God. American Standard Version (1901) but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Common English Bible But to those who are called—both Jews and Greeks—Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom. Catholic Public Domain Version But to those who have been called, Jews as well as Greeks, the Christ is the virtue of God and the wisdom of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. |
Listen! Wisdom and Understanding\par are calling for you to listen.\par
This is why the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles {\cf2\super [216]} to them. Some of my prophets and apostles will be killed by evil men. Others will be treated badly.’
I am proud of the Good News. The Good News is the power God uses to save every person that believes—to save the Jews first, and also to save the non-Jews.
This letter is to all of you in Rome that God has called to be his holy people. {\cf2\super [8]} You are people that God loves.
We are those people. We are the people God called (chose). God called us from the Jews and from the non-Jews.
The teaching about the cross seems foolish to those people that are lost. But to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
To the church of God in Corinth, to those people that have been made holy {\cf2\super [2]} in Christ Jesus. You were called to be God’s holy people. You were called with all the people everywhere that trust in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:
It is God that has made you part of Christ Jesus. Christ has become wisdom for us from God. Christ is the reason we are right with God and have freedom from sin; Christ is the reason we are holy. {\cf2\super [10]}
God is faithful. He is the One who has called you to share life with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.