1 Corinthians 1:23 “but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishn…”

1 Corinthians 1:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

Geneva Bible 1599

But wee preach Christ crucified: vnto the Iewes, euen a stumbling blocke, and vnto the Grecians, foolishnesse:

Darby Translation

but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness;

Young's Literal Translation

also we — we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

Bible in Basic English

But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

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Cross references

“we”

1 Corinthians 2:2 1 Corinthians 1:18 2 Corinthians 4:5 Galatians 6:14 Acts 10:39–43 Galatians 3:1

1 Corinthians 2:2 · BSB

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

1 Corinthians 1:18 · BSB

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

2 Corinthians 4:5 · BSB

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

Galatians 6:14 · BSB

But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Acts 10:39–43 · BSB

We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,

Galatians 3:1 · BSB

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

“unto the Jews”

1 Peter 2:8 Galatians 5:11 Matthew 11:6 Luke 2:34 Matthew 13:57 John 6:53–66

1 Peter 2:8 · BSB

and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

Galatians 5:11 · BSB

Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

Matthew 11:6 · BSB

Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me. ”

Luke 2:34 · BSB

Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

Matthew 13:57 · BSB

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

John 6:53–66 · BSB

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

“foolishness”

1 Corinthians 2:14 1 Corinthians 1:28

1 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 1:28 · BSB

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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