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.

^10 (A)always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that ^(B)the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ¹¹ For we who live are constantly being handed over to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.

²⁴ Now those who ^[a]belong to ^(A)Christ Jesus ^(B)crucified the flesh with its passions and ^(C)desires.

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.

¹² So then, my beloved, ^(A)just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own ^(B)salvation with ^(C)fear and trembling;

¹⁸ For ^(A)many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I ^(B)weep, that they are the enemies of ^(C)the cross of Christ, ¹⁹ whose end is destruction, whose god is their ^[a](D)appetite, and whose ^(E)glory is in their shame, who ^(F)have their minds on earthly things.

²¹ keep yourselves in the love of God, ^(A)looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.