1 Corinthians 1:26 Cross References - Godbey

²⁶ For you see your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many influential, not many high-born:

²⁵ At that time Jesus responding said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and reveal them unto babes. ²⁶ Yea, Father, because it was so well pleasing in thy sight.

³ it seemed good to me also, having followed carefully all things from the beginning, to write unto thee consecutively, O most noble Theophilus,

²¹ At the same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes: yea, Father, because it was thus pleasing in thy sight.

²⁴ Jesus seeing him said, How hardly will those having riches enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of God.

⁴⁶ Then He came again into Cana of Galilee, where He turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royalist, whose son was sick in Capernaum; ⁴⁷ he having heard that Jesus has come out of Judea into Galilee, came away to Him, and continued to ask Him that He may come down and heal his son; for He was about to die. ⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to him, Unless you may see signs and wonders, you can not believe. ⁴⁹ The nobleman says to Him, Lord, come down before my little child dies. ⁵⁰ Jesus says to him, Go; thy son liveth. The man believed the word which Jesus spoke to him, and departed. ⁵¹ And he already coming down, the servants met him, and reported, that the child lives. ⁵² Then he inquired the hour at which he began to improve; and they said to him, The fever left him at the seventh hour yesterday. ⁵³ Then the father knew that it was at that hour at which Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth: and he and all his house believed.

⁴⁷ And the Pharisees responded to them; Are ye also deceived? ⁴⁸ Whether has any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on Him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd knowing not the law are accursed.

³⁸ After these things, Joseph from Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but having been hidden on account of the fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted. Then he came and took the body of Jesus. ³⁹ And Nicodemus also, the one having come at first to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

⁷ who was with Sergius Paulus, the proconsul, an intelligent man. He, having called Barnabas and Saul, sought to hear the word of God;

¹² Then the deputy, seeing that which took place, believed; being delighted with the teaching of the Lord.

³⁴ But certain men, having adhered to him, believed; among whom was also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman Damarias by name, and others along with them.

²⁰ Where is the wise man? where is the scribe? where is the investigator of this age? has not God rendered the wisdom of the world foolishness?

³ I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. ⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not in the persuasive words of wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and the power: ⁵ in order that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. ⁶ But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought:

⁸ which no one of the princes of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

¹³ Which things indeed we speak, not in the teachable words of human wisdom, but in the teachable words of the Spirit, expounding spiritual things to spiritual people.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If any one seems to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. ²⁰ And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

²² All the saints, and especially those from the house of Caesar, salute you.

⁹ But let the humble brother boast in his exaltation: ¹⁰ and the rich man, in his humility: because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. ¹¹ For the sun with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways.

⁵ Hear, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor in the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him with divine love?

¹³ Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show forth out of beautiful conduct his works in meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter envy and strife in your heart, do not boast, and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but it is earthly, intellectual, and demoniacal. ¹⁶ For where there are envy and strife, there are contention and every evil work. ¹⁷ But the wisdom which is from above is indeed first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily persuaded, full of mercy and of good works, free from partiality and hypocrisy.

¹ The elder to the elect Cyria, and to her children, whom in truth I love with divine love; and not I, but also those having known the truth;