but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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- WEB but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- KJV But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
- BSB but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- NKJV but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- NLT But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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Quick answer
To those whom God calls, both Jews and Greeks, Christ crucified is God's power and wisdom. What seems foolish is in truth the highest divine wisdom and might.
Overview
For the 'called,' God's effective summons to faith, the crucified Christ is no scandal but the very power and wisdom of God. The cross accomplishes what signs and philosophy never could: salvation. In Christ, God's power and wisdom converge, uniting Jew and Gentile in one saved people.
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- Wisdom"Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God."
Cross-references · 13
- 1 Cor 1:30Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
- Col 2:3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
- 1 Cor 1:18For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
- Rom 1:16For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
- 1 Cor 1:9God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
- Rom 8:28–30We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
- Rom 1:4who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
- Rom 9:24us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
- Luke 7:35Wisdom is justified by all her children.”
- Prov 8:22–30“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
- 1 Cor 1:2to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
- Luke 11:49Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
- Prov 8:1Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
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Christ crucified is the wisdom and power of God; he is our Passover sacrificed for us, the firstfruits of resurrection, the foundation on which everything is built.
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