23 but we preach Christ crucified:(A) a stumbling block(B) to Jews and foolishness(C) to Gentiles,

Read full chapter

23 but we preach Christ (A)crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,

Read full chapter

22-25 While Jews clamor for miraculous demonstrations and Greeks go in for philosophical wisdom, we go right on proclaiming Christ, the Crucified. Jews treat this like an anti-miracle—and Greeks pass it off as absurd. But to us who are personally called by God himself—both Jews and Greeks—Christ is God’s ultimate miracle and wisdom all wrapped up in one. Human wisdom is so cheap, so impotent, next to the seeming absurdity of God. Human strength can’t begin to compete with God’s “weakness.”

Read full chapter

23 But we preach that Christ was nailed to a cross. Most Jews have problems with this, and most Gentiles think it is foolish.

Read full chapter