1 Corinthians 1:18
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Christ the Power and Wisdom of God
18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 Those who are unspiritual[a] do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.(A)
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Romans 1:16
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The Power of the Gospel
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is God’s saving power for everyone who believes,[a] for the Jew first and also for the Greek.(A)
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- 1.16 Or trusts
2 Thessalonians 2:10
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10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(A)
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1 Corinthians 1:23-25
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23 but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to gentiles,(A) 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.(A)
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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, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.(A)
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2 Corinthians 2:15-16
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15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing:(A) 16 to the one group a fragrance from death[a] to death, to the other a fragrance from life[b] to life. Who is qualified for these things?(B)
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written,
“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”(A)
1 Thessalonians 1:5
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5 because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake.(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:2
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2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
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Acts 13:41
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41 ‘Look, you scoffers!
Be amazed and perish,
for in your days I am doing a work,
a work that you will never believe, even if someone tells you.’ ”
Hebrews 4:12
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12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.(A)
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