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2 Corinthians 4:3
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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3 But even if our gospel is veiled, (A)it is veiled to those who are perishing,
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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3 And even if our (A)gospel is (B)veiled, it is veiled [a]to (C)those who are perishing,
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- 2 Corinthians 4:3 Lit among
2 Corinthians 4:3
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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3 But even if our gospel is [in some sense] hidden [behind a veil], it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing;
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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2 Corinthians 4:3
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3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
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1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, (A)not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
Christ the Power and Wisdom of God(B)
18 For the [a]message of the cross is (C)foolishness to (D)those who are perishing, but to us (E)who are being saved it is the (F)power of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:18 Lit. word
1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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17 (A)For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, (B)not with [a]cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect.
The Wisdom of God
18 For the word of the cross is (C)foolishness to (D)those who [b]are perishing, but to us who [c]are being saved it is (E)the power of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:17 I.e., persuasive rhetoric
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or perish
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 Or are saved
1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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17 For Christ did not send me [as an apostle] to baptize, but [commissioned and empowered me] to preach the good news [of salvation]—not with clever and eloquent speech [as an orator], so that the cross of Christ would not be [a]made ineffective [deprived of its saving power].
The Wisdom of God
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God’s grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:17 Paul may be referring to the danger that convincing people to become Christians by the use of clever rhetoric would result in false conversions (cf 2:5).
1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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17 For Christ did not send me to baptize,(A) but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom(B) and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness(C) to those who are perishing,(D) but to us who are being saved(E) it is the power of God.(F)
1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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1 Corinthians 1:17-18
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17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
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Philippians 3:18-19
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Philippians 3:18-19
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Philippians 3:18-19
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Philippians 3:18-19
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18 For (A)many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I (B)weep, that they are the enemies of (C)the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their [a](D)appetite, and whose (E)glory is in their shame, who (F)have their minds on earthly things.
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- Philippians 3:19 Lit belly
Philippians 3:18-19
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Philippians 3:18-19
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18 For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, who live as enemies of the cross of Christ [rejecting and opposing His way of salvation], 19 whose fate is destruction, whose god is their belly [their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity], and whose glory is in their shame—who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things.
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Philippians 3:18-19
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Philippians 3:18-19
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Philippians 3:18-19
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Philippians 3:18-19
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18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
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