1 Corinthians 1:18
16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
- WEB
- For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- ASV
- For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.
- DARBY
- For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.
- BLB
- For the word of the cross is foolishness to those indeed perishing, but to us, those being saved, it is the power of God.
- ÅB
- For ordet om korset er vel en dårskap for dem som går fortapt, men for oss som blir frelst, er det en Guds kraft;
- OTB
- For budskapet om korset synes som dårskap for de fortapte, men for oss som blir frelst, er det Guds kraft.
- B1930
- For ordet om korset er vel en dårskap for dem som går fortapt, men for oss som blir frelst, er det en Guds kraft;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Read in contextRomans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:10
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:23–25
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:3
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:21
For after that 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.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:15–16
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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