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.

And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; that is, to those, who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law:

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: