1 Corinthians 4:10

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1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.

1 Corinthians 2:3

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 26:24

While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad.”

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

2 Corinthians 13:9

For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete.

2 Kings 9:11

Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know very well the man and his talk.”

Proverbs 11:12

He who despises his neighbor lacks sense,
But a man of understanding keeps silent.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Jeremiah 8:8-9

“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.

Hosea 9:7

The days of punishment have come,
The days of retribution have come;
Let Israel know this!
The prophet is a fool,
The inspired man is demented,
Because of the grossness of your iniquity,
And because your hostility is so great.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Matthew 10:22-25

You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Luke 10:16

“The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Luke 18:9

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

Acts 9:16

for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you again concerning this.”

1 Corinthians 1:1-3

Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

1 Corinthians 1:18-20

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

1 Corinthians 1:26-28

For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

1 Corinthians 2:14

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

1 Corinthians 3:2

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,

1 Corinthians 4:8

You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you.

1 Corinthians 10:12

Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

1 Corinthians 10:14-15

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

2 Corinthians 11:19

For you, being so wise, tolerate the foolish gladly.

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

2 Corinthians 13:3-4

since you are seeking for proof of the Christ who speaks in me, and who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

Are fools

Acts 26:24

Are wise

1 Corinthians 4:8

1 Corinthians 10:14

Jeremiah 8:8

We are weak

2 Corinthians 13:3

But ye

1 Corinthians 3:2

1 Corinthians 10:12

But we

1 Thessalonians 4:8

General references

Bible References

Are fools

Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know very well the man and his talk.”

The days of punishment have come,
The days of retribution have come;

Let Israel know this!

The prophet is a fool,
The inspired man is demented,
Because of the grossness of your iniquity,
And because your hostility is so great.

While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad.”

Are wise

You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you.

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.

We are weak

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?

since you are seeking for proof of the Christ who speaks in me, and who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.

But ye

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,

Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

But we

He who despises his neighbor lacks sense,
But a man of understanding keeps silent.

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

“The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.

General references

I have become a laughingstock to all my people,
Their mocking song all the day.

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.

So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.