1 Corinthians 1:18
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Christ the Wisdom and Power of God
18 For the word of the cross is (A)folly to (B)those who are perishing, but to us (C)who are being saved it is (D)the power of God.
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1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (A)folly to him, and (B)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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3 And even (A)if our gospel is veiled, (B)it is veiled to (C)those who are perishing.
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Romans 1:16
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The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
16 For (A)I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is (B)the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew (C)first and also to (D)the Greek.
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2 Thessalonians 2:10
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10 and with all wicked deception for (A)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
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1 Corinthians 1:23-25
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23 but we preach Christ (A)crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ (B)the power of God and (C)the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach[a] to save those who believe.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:21 Or the folly of preaching
1 Corinthians 2:2
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2 For I decided to know nothing among you except (A)Jesus Christ and him crucified.
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2 Corinthians 2:15-16
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1 Thessalonians 1:5
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5 because (A)our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and (B)in the Holy Spirit and with full (C)conviction. You know (D)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
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Galatians 6:12-14
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12 (A)It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh (B)who would force you to be circumcised, and only (C)in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But far be it from me to boast (D)except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which[a] the world (E)has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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- Galatians 6:14 Or through whom
2 Corinthians 10:4
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4 For the (A)weapons of (B)our warfare are not of the flesh but have (C)divine power (D)to destroy strongholds.
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1 Corinthians 15:2
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2 and by which (A)you are being saved, if you (B)hold fast to the word I preached to you—(C)unless you believed in vain.
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Acts 17:32
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32 Now when they heard of (A)the resurrection of the dead, (B)some mocked. But others said, (C)“We will hear you again about this.”
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Acts 17:18
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18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, (A)“What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because (B)he was preaching (C)Jesus and the resurrection.
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Acts 13:41
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41 (A)“‘Look, you scoffers,
be astounded and perish;
for I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’”
Psalm 110:2-3
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2 The Lord sends forth (A)from Zion
(B)your mighty scepter.
(C)Rule in the midst of your enemies!
3 (D)Your people will (E)offer themselves freely
on the day of your (F)power,[a]
in (G)holy garments;[b]
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours.[c]
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- Psalm 110:3 Or on the day you lead your forces
- Psalm 110:3 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains
- Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For (A)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, (B)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
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Acts 2:47
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47 praising God and (A)having favor with all the people. And the Lord (B)added to their number (C)day by day those who (D)were being saved.
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