NEW TESTAMENT

1 Corinthians 1:18

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For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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Verse 18. For the word of the cross. That is, the preaching that the Son of God, both God and man, died nailed to an infamous cross, is folly, is looked upon as ridiculous and incredible, by all obstinate unbelievers that perish: but it is received as the work of God, and an effect of his divine power, by such as are saved. Witham.

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