³⁴ “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I have come to turn

¹⁰ At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,

¹² “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.^{(A) 13} Everyone will hate you because of me,^(B) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^(C)

¹⁶ You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends,^(A) and they will put some of you to death.

⁹ If you declare^(A) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”^(B) and believe^(C) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,^(D) you will be saved.^(E)

¹⁹ For it is written:

²⁰ Where is the wise person?^(B) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?^(C) Has not God made foolish^(D) the wisdom of the world? ²¹ For since in the wisdom of God the world^(E) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save^(F) those who believe.^{(G) 22} Jews demand signs^(H) and Greeks look for wisdom, ²³ but we preach Christ crucified:^(I) a stumbling block^(J) to Jews and foolishness^(K) to Gentiles,

¹⁸ Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise^(A) by the standards of this age,^(B) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness^(C) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”^[a];^(D)

⁵ We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,^(A) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient^(B) to Christ.