1 Corinthians 1:25
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 1:25 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 1:25 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 1:25 — KJV
“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”
— 1 Corinthians 1:25 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 1:25 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 1:25
“Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:25: because, god, than
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:25: because, god, than
“And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:25: because, wiser, than
“For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:25: because, god, than
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 1:25: because, god, than
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