1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 Christ the Wisdom and Power of God 18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,     and the discernment of the discerning I […]

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1 Corinthians: Sin Poisons Wisdom

JAN 19, 2025-1 MIN
Neighborhood Bible Church Sermons

1 Corinthians: Sin Poisons Wisdom

JAN 19, 2025-1 MIN

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<h3><span id="en-ESV-28365" class="text 1Cor-1-18">1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5</span></h3> <h3><span id="en-ESV-28365" class="text 1Cor-1-18">Christ the Wisdom and Power of God</span></h3> <span class="text 1Cor-1-18"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28366" class="text 1Cor-1-19"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>For it is written,</span> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span class="text 1Cor-1-19">“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,</span> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text 1Cor-1-19">and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”</span></span></p> </div> <p class="first-line-none top-1"><span id="en-ESV-28367" class="text 1Cor-1-20"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?</span> <span id="en-ESV-28368" class="text 1Cor-1-21"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28369" class="text 1Cor-1-22"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,</span> <span id="en-ESV-28370" class="text 1Cor-1-23"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,</span> <span id="en-ESV-28371" class="text 1Cor-1-24"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28372" class="text 1Cor-1-25"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.</span></p> <span id="en-ESV-28373" class="text 1Cor-1-26"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28374" class="text 1Cor-1-27"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;</span> <span id="en-ESV-28375" class="text 1Cor-1-28"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup>God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,</span> <span id="en-ESV-28376" class="text 1Cor-1-29"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28377" class="text 1Cor-1-30"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,</span> <span id="en-ESV-28378" class="text 1Cor-1-31"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup>so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”</span> <h3><span id="en-ESV-28379" class="text 1Cor-2-1">Proclaiming Christ Crucified</span></h3> <p class="chapter-1"><span class="text 1Cor-2-1"><span class="chapternum">2 </span>And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28380" class="text 1Cor-2-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28381" class="text 1Cor-2-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling,</span> <span id="en-ESV-28382" class="text 1Cor-2-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,</span> <span id="en-ESV-28383" class="text 1Cor-2-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.</span></p>