1 Corinthians 4:10

With biting irony Paul contrasts the apostles' weakness and dishonor with the Corinthians' self-assured wisdom and strength. It matters because gospel power is shown in the way of the cross, not in worldly status.

Cross-references · 33

• 1 Cor 2:3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
• 1 Cor 3:18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
• Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
• 2 Cor 13:9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
• Acts 26:24And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
• 1 Pet 4:14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
• 2 Cor 11:19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
• Prov 11:12He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
• Hos 9:7The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
• Isa 53:3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• 2 Cor 13:3–4Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
• Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
• 2 Kgs 9:11Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
• Jer 8:8–9How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
• Luke 18:9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
• 1 Cor 1:1–3Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
• 2 Cor 10:10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
• Matt 5:11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• Matt 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
• 1 Cor 3:2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
• 1 Cor 10:12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
• 1 Cor 2:14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
• Acts 9:16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
• Matt 10:22–25And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• 1 Cor 4:8Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
• 1 Cor 10:14–15Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
• 1 Th 4:8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
• 2 Cor 12:9–10And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
• 1 Cor 1:26–28For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
• Luke 10:16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
• Acts 17:32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
• 1 Cor 1:18–20For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
• 2 Cor 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

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