G2316–θεός–theos

For the Message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are on the way to perdition, but it is the power of God to those whom He is saving.

θεοῦ theou “of God”

Where is your wise man? Where your expounder of the Law? Where your investigator of the questions of this present age? Has not God shown the world's wisdom to be utter foolishness?

θεὸς theos “God”

For after the world by its wisdom--as God in His wisdom had ordained--had failed to gain the knowledge of God, God was pleased, by the apparent foolishness of the Message which we preach, to save those who accepted it.

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but to those who have received the Call, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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Because that which the world deems foolish in God is wiser than men's wisdom, and that which it deems feeble in God is mightier than men's might.

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But God has chosen the things which the world regards as foolish, in order to put its wise men to shame; and God has chosen the things which the world regards as destitute of influence, in order to put its powerful things to shame;

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and the things which the world regards as base, and those which it sets utterly at nought--things that have no existence--God has chosen in order to reduce to nothing things that do exist;

θεός, theos “God,”

to prevent any mortal man from boasting in the presence of God.

θεοῦ. theou “God.”

But you--and it is all God's doing--are in Christ Jesus: He has become for us a wisdom which is from God, consisting of righteousness and sanctification and deliverance;

θεοῦ, theou “God,”

And as for myself, brethren, when I came to you, it was not with surpassing power of eloquence or earthly wisdom that I came, announcing to you that which God had commanded me to bear witness to.

θεοῦ. theou “of God.”

so that your trust might rest not on the wisdom of man but on the power of God.

θεοῦ. theou “of God.”

But in dealing with truths hitherto kept secret we speak of God's wisdom--that hidden wisdom which, before the world began, God pre-destined, so that it should result in glory to us;

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But--to use the words of Scripture--we speak of things which eye has not seen nor ear heard, and which have never entered the heart of man: all that God has in readiness for them that love Him.

θεὸς theos “God”

For us, however, God has drawn aside the veil through the teaching of the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, including the depths of the divine nature.

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For, among human beings, who knows a man's inner thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? In the same way, also, only God's Spirit is acquainted with God's inner thoughts.

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But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may know the blessings that have been so freely given to us by God.

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The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.

θεοῦ, theou “of God,”

I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase.

θεὸς theos “God”

So that neither the planter nor the waterer is of any importance. God who gives the increase is all in all.

θεός· theos “God;”

Apollos and I are simply fellow workers for and with God, and you are *God's* field-- *God's* building.

θεοῦ theou “Of God”θεοῦ theou “God’s”θεοῦ theou “God’s”

In discharge of the task which God graciously entrusted to me, I--like a competent master-builder--have laid a foundation, and others are building upon it. But let every one be careful how and what he builds.

θεοῦ theou “of God”

Do you not know that you are God's Sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God has His home within you?

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If any one is marring the Sanctuary of God, him will God mar; for the Sanctuary of God is holy, which you all are.

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This world's wisdom is "foolishness" in God's sight; for it is written, "He snares the wise with their own cunning."

θεῷ theō “God”

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

θεοῦ. theou “of God.”