1 Corinthians 1:23
1:23 but we preach about a crucified Christ,
1 a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 1:18
The Message of the Cross
1:18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:14
2:14 The unbeliever
2 does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 3:19
3:19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “
He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
3
1 Corinthians 1:21
1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.
1 tn Or “Messiah”; Grk “preach Christ [Messiah] crucified,” giving the content of the message.
2 tn Grk “natural person.” Cf. BDAG 1100 s.v. ψυχικός a, “an unspiritual pers., one who merely functions bodily, without being touched by the Spirit of God.”
3 sn A quotation from Job 5:13.