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1 Corinthians 2 14
But the person without the Spirit does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.
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2 Thessalonians 2 10
and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.
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Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
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2 Corinthians 4 3
But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
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1 Corinthians 1 23-1 Corinthians 1 25
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God,because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
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1 Corinthians 2 2
I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
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1 Corinthians 1 21
For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached.
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2 Corinthians 2 15-2 Corinthians 2 16
For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. Who is adequate for these things?
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Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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Galatians 6:12-14
Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised— but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world.
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2 Corinthians 10 4
since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments
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1 Thessalonians 1 5
because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full assurance. You know how we lived among you for your benefit,
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Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said,“ What is this ignorant show-off trying to say?” Others replied,“ He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”— because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
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Psalms 110:2-3
The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion. Rule over your surrounding enemies.Your people will volunteer on your day of battle. In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, the dew of your youth belongs to you.
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1 Corinthians 15 2
and by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message I preached to you— unless you believed in vain.
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1 Corinthians 3 19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness;
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Acts 17:32
When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him, but others said,“ We’d like to hear from you again about this.”
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Acts 13:41
Look, you scoffers, marvel and vanish away, because I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe, even if someone were to explain it to you.”
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Acts 2:47
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.