1 Corinthians 1:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 1:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 1:21 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 1:21 — KJV
“For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.”
— 1 Corinthians 1:21 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 1:21 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 1:21
“I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:21: after, knew, save
“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:21: god, foolishness, preaching
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:21: wisdom, god, world
“And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:21: after, wisdom, god
“Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. no...: or, nothing formed of God”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:21: after, god, believe
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