1 Corinthians 1
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1 Corinthians 1:23-31

23but we preachG2784 12ChristG5547 crucifiedG4717, 3to JewsG2453 a stumblingG4625 blockG4625 and to GentilesG1484 4foolishnessG3472, 24but to thoseG3588 who are 5the calledG2822, bothG5037 JewsG2453 and GreeksG1672, ChristG5547 6the powerG1411 of GodG2316 and 7the wisdomG4678 of GodG2316. 25BecauseG3754 the 8foolishnessG3474 of GodG2316 is wiserG4680 than menG444, and 9the weaknessG772 of GodG2316 is strongerG2478 than menG444.

26For 10considerG991 your 11callingG2821, brethrenG80, that there were 12not manyG4183 wiseG4680 accordingG2596 to 13the fleshG4561, not manyG4183 mightyG1415, not manyG4183 nobleG2104; 27but 14GodG2316 has chosenG1586 the foolishG3474 thingsG3474 of 15the worldG2889 to shameG2617 the wiseG4680, and GodG2316 has chosenG1586 the weakG772 thingsG772 of 16the worldG2889 to shameG2617 the things whichG2478 are strongG2478, 28and the baseG36 thingsG36 of 17the worldG2889 and the despisedG1848 GodG2316 has chosenG1586, 18the things that are not, soG2443 that He may 19nullifyG2673 the things that are, 29soG3704 that 20noG3361G3956 21manG4561 may boastG2744 beforeG1799 GodG2316. 30But 22by His doing you are in 23ChristG5547 JesusG2424, whoG3739 becameG1096 to us 24wisdomG4678 from GodG2316, 25and 26righteousnessG1343 and 27sanctificationG38, and 28redemptionG629, 31soG2443 that, justG2531 as it is writtenG1125, “29Let him who boastsG2744, boastG2744 in the LordG2962.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 1:23 I.e. Messiah ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 Cor 2:2; Gal 3:1; 5:11 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 1:23 Luke 2:34; 1 Pet 2:8 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 25; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 1:24 Rom 8:28 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 1:24 Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:18 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 1:24 Luke 11:49; 1 Cor 1:30 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 1:25 1 Cor 1:18, 21, 23; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 1:25 2 Cor 13:4 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Lit see ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Rom 11:29 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Matt 11:25; 1 Cor 1:20; 2:8 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 1:26 I.e. human standards ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 1:27 James 2:5 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 1:28 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Rom 4:17 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Job 34:19; 1 Cor 2:6; 2 Thess 2:8; Heb 2:14 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Eph 2:9 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Lit flesh ↩
  22. 22. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Lit of Him ↩
  23. 23. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Rom 8:1; 1 Cor 4:15 ↩
  24. 24. 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Cor 1:24 ↩
  25. 25. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Or both ↩
  26. 26. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Jer 23:5f; 33:16; 2 Cor 5:21; Phil 3:9 ↩
  27. 27. 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Cor 1:2; 6:11; 1 Thess 5:23 ↩
  28. 28. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Rom 3:24; Eph 1:7, 14; Col 1:14 ↩
  29. 29. 1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer 9:23f; 2 Cor 10:17 ↩

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