1 Corinthians 1
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1 Corinthians 1:18-20

18For the wordG3056 of the crossG4716 is 1foolishnessG3472 to 2thoseG3588 who 3are perishingG622, but to us who 4are being savedG4982 it is 5the powerG1411 of GodG2316. 19For it is writtenG1125: “6I will destroyG622 the wisdomG4678 of the wiseG4680, And the understandingG4907 of thoseG3588 who haveG4908 understandingG4908, I will confoundG114.” 207WhereG4226 is the wiseG4680 personG4680? WhereG4226 is the scribeG1122? WhereG4226 is the debaterG4804 of 8thisG3778 ageG165? Has GodG2316 not 9madeG3471 foolishG3471 the wisdomG4678 of 10the worldG2889?

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 1:18 1 Cor 1:21, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Acts 2:47; 2 Cor 2:15; 4:3; 2 Thess 2:10 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or perish ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or are saved ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:24 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 1:19 Is 29:14 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Job 12:17; Is 19:11f; 33:18 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Matt 13:22; 1 Cor 2:6, 8; 3:18, 19 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Rom 1:20ff ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 1:20 John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; James 4:4 ↩

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