1 Corinthians: The Word of the Cross Stephen T. Um
Publisher: Crossway

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are on the other hand, human wisdom is foolishness with God (1 Corinthians 3:19). Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. For the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God, 1 Corinthians 1:18 Parallel. 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. For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. 1 Corinthians: The Word of the Cross: Stephen T. They seek, the one miracles, the other wisdom, we glory only in the cross. [Isaiah 61.1–9; James 5.13–16a; Luke 4.16–20]. Christ the Power and Wisdom of God - For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the. And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in dialectics or human eloquence, but would only use the weapon of the cross. Um : 9781433512001: Books - Amazon.ca. The book of 1 Corinthians is about how to have unity in a divided church. For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God. Which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those adulterating them with carnal admixtures (2 Corinthians 2:17; 1 Peter 2:22).