¹⁰ We are fools for Christ,^(A) but you are so wise in Christ!^(B) We are weak, but you are strong!^(C) You are honored, we are dishonored!

¹⁹ If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.^(A)

¹¹ No! We believe it is through the grace^(A) of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

²⁴ For in this hope we were saved.^(A) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.^(B) Who hopes for what they already have?

3 So when we could stand it no longer,^(A) we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.^(B)

¹⁹ These were the three sons of Noah,^(A) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.^(B)

¹⁶ Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple^(A) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?^(B)