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1 Corinthians 2 3
I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
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Acts 17:18
Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said,“ What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?” Others replied,“ He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”— because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
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1 Corinthians 3 18
No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.
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Acts 26:24
As he was making his defense this way, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice,“ You’re out of your mind, Paul! Too much study is driving you mad!”
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2 Corinthians 13 9
In fact, we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature.
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2 Corinthians 10 10
For it is said,“ His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.”
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Matthew 24:9
“ Then they will hand you over for persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.
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1 Corinthians 10 14-1 Corinthians 10 15
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.I am speaking as to wise people. Judge for yourselves what I say.
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Matthew 5:11
“ You are blessed when they insult and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of Me.
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Acts 17:32
When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said,“ We’d like to hear from you again about this.”
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Matthew 10:22-25
You will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.When they persecute you in one town, escape to another. For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.A disciple is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house‘ Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!
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Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; He was despised, and we didn’t value Him.
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1 Corinthians 1 18-1 Corinthians 1 20
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?
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Luke 18:9
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
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2 Corinthians 13 3-2 Corinthians 13 4
since you seek proof of Christ speaking in me. He is not weak toward you, but powerful among you.In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power.
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1 Corinthians 10 12
So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall.
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2 Corinthians 11 19
For you, being so wise, gladly put up with fools!
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1 Corinthians 1 1-1 Corinthians 1 3
Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Sosthenes our brother:To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord— both their Lord and ours.Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Proverbs 11:12
Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks sense, but a man with understanding keeps silent.
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2 Corinthians 11 29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
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2 Kings 9 11
When Jehu came out to his master’s servants, they asked,“ Is everything all right? Why did this crazy person come to you?” Then he said to them,“ You know the sort and their ranting.”
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1 Corinthians 3 2
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,
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2 Corinthians 12 9-2 Corinthians 12 10
But He said to me,“ My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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1 Corinthians 2 14
But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.
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Luke 6:22
You are blessed when people hate you, when they exclude you, insult you, and slander your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
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Jeremiah 8:8-9
“ How can you claim,‘ We are wise; the law of the Lord is with us’? In fact, the lying pen of scribes has produced falsehood.The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the Lord, so what wisdom do they really have?
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1 Corinthians 4 8
You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us— and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!
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1 Thessalonians 4 8
Therefore, the person who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who also gives you His Holy Spirit.
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Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel recognize it! The prophet is a fool, and the inspired man is insane, because of the magnitude of your guilt and hostility.
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1 Peter 4 14
If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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Luke 10:16
Whoever listens to you listens to Me. Whoever rejects you rejects Me. And whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
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1 Corinthians 1 26-1 Corinthians 1 28
Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world— what is viewed as nothing— to bring to nothing what is viewed as something,
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Acts 9:16
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name!”