1 Corinthians 1:18

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

¹⁸ For the ₁ message of the cross is _a foolishness to _b those who are perishing, but to us _c who are being saved it is the _d power of God.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 2:14
   But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 2:15
   For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 15:2
   By which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you - unless you believed in vain.
   
4. Cross References
   Romans 1:16
   For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
   1 Corinthians 1:24
   But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.