The Wisdom of God

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is ^(A)foolishness to ^(B)those who ^[a]are perishing, but to us who ^[b]are being saved it is ^(C)the power of God.

¹⁹ For ^[a]it was ^(A)the Father’s good pleasure for all ^(B)the ^[b]fullness to dwell in Him, ²⁰ and through Him to ^(C)reconcile all things to Himself, ^(D)whether things on earth or things in ^[c]heaven, having made ^(E)peace through ^(F)the blood of His cross.

¹⁴ But ^(A)[a]far be it from me to boast, ^(B)except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(C)through ^[b]which the world has been crucified to me, and ^(D)I to the world.

² looking only at Jesus, the ^[a](A)originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him ^(B)endured the cross, ^(C)despising the shame, and has ^(D)sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.