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1 Corinthians 1:6

even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,
1 Corinthians 1:6 · New King James Version
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  • WEB even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
  • KJV Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
  • BSB because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
  • NASB just as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you,
  • NLT This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true.

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Their abundant gifting confirmed the truth of the gospel message Paul had preached among them. God's gifts authenticated the testimony of Christ.

Overview

The 'testimony of Christ' is the apostolic message about Jesus that Paul proclaimed in Corinth. The Spirit's gifts and the transformed lives that followed served as evidence that this message was true and had taken root. Their experience confirmed the gospel, just as it does in every place the word is genuinely received.

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  • Rev 1:2who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
  • 2 Tim 1:8Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
  • 1 Tim 2:6who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times;
  • 1 Cor 2:1–2When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
  • 2 Cor 12:12Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works.
  • Rev 19:10I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”
  • Rom 15:19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;
  • Acts 20:24But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
  • Acts 23:11The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
  • Heb 2:3–4how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation — which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
  • Acts 28:23When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
  • 2 Th 1:10when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
  • Acts 22:18and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’
  • Acts 20:21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 18:5But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
  • Mark 16:20They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
  • Gal 3:5He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
  • Rev 12:17The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.
  • Rev 12:11They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
  • 1 Jn 5:11–13The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Acts 11:21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
  • Rev 6:9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
  • Rev 1:9I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 11:17If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?”

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Christ at the center

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.

How 1 Corinthians 1:6 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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