Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? And he said unto them, You know the man, and his communication.
1 Corinthians 4:10 - King James 2000 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We are [looked upon as] fools on account of Christ and for His sake, but you are [supposedly] so amazingly wise and prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are [so very] strong! You are highly esteemed, but we are in disrepute and contempt! American Standard Version (1901) We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor. Common English Bible We are fools for Christ, but you are wise through Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored! Catholic Public Domain Version So we are fools because of Christ, but you are discerning in Christ? We are weak, but you are strong? You are noble, but we are ignoble? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we without honour. |
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? And he said unto them, You know the man, and his communication.
He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding holds his peace.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
The days of punishment have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, because of the multitude of your iniquity, and the great hatred.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
He that hears you hears me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him that sent me.
And he spoke this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? Others, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear you again of this matter.
And as he thus spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, you are beside yourself; much learning does make you mad.
For I will show him what great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able.
Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
For we are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given unto us his Holy Spirit.
If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.