Acts 17:18
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18 Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this pretentious babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
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1 Corinthians 1:20-21
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20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?(A) 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.(B)
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Acts 4:2
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2 much annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming that in Jesus there is the resurrection of the dead.(A)
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Luke 11:53
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53 When he went outside, the scribes and the Pharisees became hostile to him and began to interrogate him about many things,
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Colossians 2:8
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8 Watch out that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental principles[a] of the world, and not according to Christ.(A)
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- 2.8 Or spirits
1 Corinthians 4:10
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10 We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are sensible people in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.(A)
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Acts 17:31-32
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31 because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”(A)
32 When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some scoffed, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
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Mark 9:14
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The Healing of a Boy with a Spirit
14 When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and some scribes arguing with them.
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1 Corinthians 15:3-4
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3 For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures(A) 4 and that he was buried and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures(B)
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1 Corinthians 3:18
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18 Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.(A)
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Romans 14:9-10
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9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.(A)
10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.[a](B)
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- 14.10 Other ancient authorities read of Christ
Romans 1:22
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22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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Acts 26:23
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23 that the Messiah[a] must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the gentiles.”(A)
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- 26.23 Or the Christ
Acts 6:9
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9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and others of those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.
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Proverbs 26:12
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12 Do you see people wise in their own eyes?
There is more hope for fools than for them.(A)
Proverbs 23:9
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9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
who will only despise the wisdom of your words.(A)
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