1 Corinthians 1:23

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1 Corinthians 1:23

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

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Unto the jews

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For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

For I didn’t think it was a good idea to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day,

I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.

So Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.

We ourselves are witnesses of everything He did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem, yet they killed Him by hanging Him on a tree.

For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves because of Jesus.

You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?

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.

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

Unto the jews

He will be a sanctuary;
but for the two houses of Israel,
He will be a stone to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And if anyone is not offended because of Me, he is blessed.”

And they were offended by Him.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”

Then Simeon blessed them and told His mother Mary: “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed—

So Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves.

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

Now brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

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A stone to stumble over,

and a rock to trip over.

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.