1 Corinthians 1:27 Cross References - Worrell

²⁷ but God chose the foolish things of the world, that He might put to shame the wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that He might put to shame the things that are strong;

¹⁸ And, walking by the sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers. ¹⁹ And He saith to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men." ²⁰ And, immediately leaving their nets, they followed Him. ²¹ And, having gone on thence, He saw other two brothers: James a son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them; ²² and they, having immediately left the boat and their father, followed Him.

⁹ And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the tax-office, and He saith to him, "Follow Me." And, rising up, he followed Him.

²⁵ At that season Jesus, answering, said, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes.

¹⁶ and said to Him, "Dost Thou hear what these are saying?" And Jesus saith to them, "Yes; did ye never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst perfect praise!'"

³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Thy disciples!" ⁴⁰ And, answering, He said, "I tell you that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!"

¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or gainsay.

¹¹ This is the Stone That was set at naught by you, the builders, Which was made into a head of a corner. ¹² And in no one else is there salvation; for neither is there any other name under Heaven, that has been given among men, in Which we must be saved." ¹³ Now, beholding the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and ignorant men, they were wondering; they also were recognizing them, that they had been with Jesus; ¹⁴ and, seeing the man who had been healed, standing with them, they had nothing to say against it. ¹⁵ But, having ordered them to go aside out of the Sanhedrin, they were conferring one with another, ¹⁶ saying, "What shall we do to these men? for, indeed, that a notable sign has been done through them is manifest to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it; ¹⁷ but, that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak no more to any man in This Name." ¹⁸ And, having called them they charged them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John, answering, said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you, rather than to God, judge ye; ²⁰ for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard." ²¹ And they, when they had further threatened them, released them, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people; because all were glorifying God for what had taken place;

⁹ But there arose some of those who were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. ¹⁰ And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking.

³⁵ This Moses whom they denied, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?' him hath God sent as both ruler and redeemer, with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

⁵⁴ Now, while hearing these things, they were being cut to their hearts, and were gnashing their teeth over him.

¹⁸ And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were encountering him. And some said, "What would this babbler wish to say?" And others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods;" because he proclaimed the good tidings of Jesus and the resurrection.

²⁴ And, after some days, Felix, having come with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁵ And, as he was reasoning about righteousness, continence, and the judgment to come, Felix, becoming terrified, answered, "Go your way for the present; and, when I obtain a suitable opportunity, I will call for you;"

²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness may be of God, and not from ourselves;

⁴ (for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God for the casting down of strongholds); ⁵ casting down reasonings, and every high thing lifting itself up against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

¹⁰ because, "His letters, indeed," says one, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible."

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love Him?