For the word of the cross (ο λογος γαρ ο του σταυρου). Literally, "for the preaching (with which I am concerned as the opposite of…

For the preaching of the cross. In Greek, this is "the word o logov of the cross"; that is, the doctrine of the cross, or the doc…

For the preaching.—In the original, the contrast comes out more strongly between this and the previous statement, the same phrase …

Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not w…

These verses flow logically from the proposition of v.17 that Paul did not come preaching with human wisdom. In his avoidance of human ostentation,…

For the preaching of the cross, etc. In this first clause, a concession is made. For as it might quite readily be objected that the gospel…

For the preaching of the cross
Not of the Christian's cross, which he is to take up and bear for the sake of Christ;…

Paul had been educated in Jewish learning; but the plain preaching of a crucified Jesus was more powerful than all the oratory and philosophy of th…

After condemning their conflict with a reason based on baptism, the Apostle disapproves of it again with a reason based on doctrine. For some of th…