For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Parallel translations
- KJV For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
- BSB For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
- NKJV For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
- NASB For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
- NLT For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified.
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Quick answer
Paul resolved to focus on nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified. The crucified Savior was the center and substance of his preaching.
Overview
This verse expresses Paul's deliberate single-mindedness: amid Corinth's sophistication, he determined to know only Christ crucified. Far from intellectual narrowness, this is the gospel's center, the saving heart of all Christian truth. Everything Paul preached flowed from and pointed back to the cross.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Gal 6:14But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
- 1 Cor 1:22–25For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
- Phil 3:8–10Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
- John 17:3This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
- Gal 3:1Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?
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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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