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1 Corinthians 1:18 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 1 · verse 18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.1 Corinthians 1:18 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 1:18 in context
16And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
18For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
- Romans 1:16
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10
- 1 Corinthians 1:23-25
- 2 Corinthians 4:3
- 1 Corinthians 1:21
- 2 Corinthians 2:15-16
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
Key words (Strong's)
- preachinglogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- perishapollymito destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin, render useless…G622 →
- crossstaurosa cross, a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by…G4716 →
- savedsōzōto save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction, one , to save a…G4982 →
- powerdynamisstrength power, ability, inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its…G1411 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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We have here, I. The manner in which Paul preached the gospel, and the cross of Christ: Not with the wisdom of words (Co1 1:17), the enticing words of man's wisdom (Co1 2:4), the flourish of oratory, or the accuracies of philosophical language, upon which the Greeks so much prided themselves, and which seem to have…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-31