²⁰ You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”

⁴ They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.^(A)

¹⁴ The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God^(A) but considers them foolishness,^(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

²³ but we preach Christ crucified:^(A) a stumbling block^(B) to Jews and foolishness^(C) to Gentiles,

Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom

¹⁸ For the message of the cross is foolishness^(A) to those who are perishing,^(B) but to us who are being saved^(C) it is the power of God.^(D)

Warning Against Falling Away^(A)

¹¹ We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.

¹⁷ While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision,^(A) the men sent by Cornelius^(B) found out where Simon’s house was and stopped at the gate.

¹² Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

³⁵ The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered^(A) among the Greeks,^(B) and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”^(C)