Act 17:18, Rom 1:16, 1Cor 1:24, 2:14, 15:2, 2Cor 2:15 | ISV | STEP | Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, “What is this blabbermouth trying to say?” while others said, “He seems to be preaching about foreign gods.” This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 17:18

18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, “What is this blabbermouth trying to say?” while others said, “He seems to be preaching about foreign gods.” This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

Romans 1:16

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, ^{▼▼Other mss. read gospel of Christ} because it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who believes, of the Jew first and of the Greek as well.Ps 40:9-10; Mark 8:38; Luke 2:30-32; 24:47; Acts 3:26; Rom 2:9; 1Cor 1:18; 15:2; 2Tim 1:8

1 Corinthians 1:24

24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God's power and God's wisdom.Rom 1:4, 16; 1Cor 1:18; Col 2:3

1 Corinthians 2:14

14 A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.Matt 16:23; Rom 8:5-7; 1Cor 1:18, 23; Jude 1:19

1 Corinthians 15:2

2 and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you—unless, of course, your faith was worthless.Rom 1:16; 1Cor 1:21; Gal 3:4

2 Corinthians 2:15

15 To God we are the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.1Cor 1:18; 2Cor 4:3