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.

but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant but their power.

For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power.

Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.

then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;