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

1 Peter 2:8

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

For I determined not to know anything while with you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

And he said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and should rise from the dead on the third day,

saying, "I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob." And Moses trembled and durst not behold.

And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew by hanging him on a cross.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus sake.

O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you? before whose eyes Jesus Christ was plainly set forth among you crucified.

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to make known among the gentiles the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Unto the jews

and blessed is he, whoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.

And they took offence at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that will be spoken against;

Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

Why? Because they did not strive for it by faith, but as being by works. For they stumbled against the stone of stumbling;

But as for me, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then hath the cross ceased to be a stumblingblock.

and "a stone of stumbling, and a rock to strike against;" even to those who stumble, being disobedient to the word; to which they were also appointed.