And whereas the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks look for wisdom, we preach Christ crucified;

to the Jews indeed a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; but to them that are called,

both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Behave inoffensively both to the Jews, and to the Greeks, and to the church of God.

so also is the mystical body of Christ; for by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, (whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free) and are all made to drink into one Spirit: