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The Uncompromising Message
Commentators agree that the central, non-negotiable message of the early church was 'Christ crucified.' This wasn't a philosophy to be debated or a story to be tweaked, but a reality to be proclaimed. As scholars like Barnes and Henry note, it is the 'sum and substance of the gospel' and the foundation of all Christian hope, standing in direct opposition to what the world seeks.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 1:23
18th Century
Theologian
But we. We who are Christian preachers make Christ crucified the grand subject of our instructions and our aims, in contrast to the Jew an…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 1:23
But we preach Christ crucified (ημεις δε κηρυσσομεν Χριστον εσταυρωμενον). Grammatically stated as a partial result (δε) of the fo…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 1:23
19th Century
Bishop
But we preach.—The gospel of Christ crucified made its way by those very qualities which they regarded as “weakness and folly,” vi…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 1:22–24
19th Century
Preacher
And the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto the…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 1:23
Paul’s task is to preach Christ crucified. He uses the form of the verb “crucified” that implies that Christ’s death has a continuous vicarious eff…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 1:23
17th Century
Pastor
But we preach Christ crucified
Regardless of the sentiments and opinions of Jews and Gentiles, of what the one required and th…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 1:17–25
17th Century
Minister
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…