but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness,

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

As many as wish to make a good showing in the flesh, these compel you to get circumcised, only so that they should not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

"Behold, you despisers, and marvel and perish! For I will work a work in your days which you will by no means believe, though one were to declare it to you.'"

For we are the fragrance of Christ to God among those being saved, and among those perishing.

To some we are the fragrance of death [leading] to death, but to others the fragrance of life [leading] to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

But even if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden among those who are perishing,

and in all deception of unrighteousness among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, God was well pleased, through the foolishness of our preaching, to save those that believe.

but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness,

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness";

And also some of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. And some were saying, "What does this seed-picker wish to say?" But others [said], "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was preaching the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

But when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some were scoffing, but others said, "We will hear you again concerning this."

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

through which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.

The Lord shall send out the rod of Your strength out of Zion; rule in the midst of Your enemies!

With You is dominion in the day of Your power, in the splendors of Your saints; I have begotten You from the womb before the morning.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty by God to the pulling down of strongholds,

For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, just as you know what kind [of men] we were among you for your sake.

For the word of God is living and effectual, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the heart.