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but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
But we preach Christ crucified (ημεις δε κηρυσσομεν Χριστον εσταυρωμενον). Grammatically stated as a partial result (δε) of the fo…
19th Century
Anglican
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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Baptist
And the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto the…
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But we preach Christ crucified Regardless of the sentiments and opinions of Jews and Gentiles, of what the one required and th…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
