Jews ask for signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,

but we preach the Messiah crucified. He is a stumbling block to Jews and nonsense to gentiles,

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah is God's power and God's wisdom.

To the Jews I became like a Jew in order to win Jews. To those under the Law I became like a man under the Law, in order to win those under the Law (although I myself am not under the Law).

Don't become a stumbling block to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

For by one Spirit all of us Jews and Greeks, slaves and free were baptized into one body and were all privileged to drink from one Spirit.