²⁸ We proclaim Him, ^(A)admonishing every person and teaching every person ^[a]with all ^(B)wisdom, so that we may ^(C)present every person ^[b](D)complete in Christ. ²⁹ For this purpose I also ^(E)labor, ^(F)striving ^(G)according to His ^[c]power which ^[d]works mightily within me.

¹⁶ For I am not ^(A)ashamed of the gospel, for ^(B)it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the ^(C)Jew first and also to ^(D)the Greek.

²⁴ but to those who are ^(A)the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(B)the power of God and ^(C)the wisdom of God.

The Wisdom of God

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is ^(A)foolishness to ^(B)those who ^[a]are perishing, but to us who ^[b]are being saved it is ^(C)the power of God.

^20 (A)Now to Him who is ^(B)able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, ^(C)according to the power that works within us,

¹⁹ and to know ^(A)the love of Christ which ^(B)surpasses knowledge, that you may be ^(C)filled to all the ^(D)fullness of God.

¹⁶ that He would grant you, according to ^(A)the riches of His glory, to be ^(B)strengthened with power through His Spirit in ^(C)the inner ^[a]self,

¹² But ^[a]as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^(A)children of God, ^(B)to those who ^[b]believe in His name,

⁵ holding to a form of ^[a](A)godliness although they have ^(B)denied its power; ^(C)avoid such people as these.