18For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.


In Context

15 so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.

16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don't know whether I baptized any other.)

17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void.

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

19 For it is written, |I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.|

20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

1 Corinthians 1:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For the word of the cross is to them that are perishing foolishness; but unto us which are being saved it is the power of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us — those being saved — it is the power of God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but to us which are saved it is the power of God.