1 Corinthians 1:21

“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.”

"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
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What does 1 Corinthians 1:21 mean?

1 Corinthians 1:21 (KJV) states, "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." This verse, from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians, presents a profound message about the…

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1 Corinthians 1:21 - "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 16:21 - "The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand."
1 Corinthians 3:21 - "Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;"
1 Corinthians 15:21 - "For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead."
2 Corinthians 1:21 - "Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;"
1 Corinthians 4:21 - "What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?"
1 Corinthians 7:21 - "Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather."
1 Corinthians 11:21 - "For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken."
1 Corinthians 10:21 - "Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils."
"The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand." - 1 Corinthians 16:21
1 Corinthians 12:21 - "And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you."
1 Corinthians 14:21 - "In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord."
1 Corinthians 9:21 - "To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law."
"Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;" - 1 Corinthians 3:21
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"For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead." - 1 Corinthians 15:21
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