Act 18:4-5, 1Cor 1:23-24, 2:2-7, 15:3-11, Gal 1:6-12 | ESV | STEP | And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath , and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks .

ao[See ver. 8 above]

ap 1 Thess. 2:4; [Rom. 2:29; 1 Cor. 10:33; Eph. 6:6; Col. 3:22]

av ver. 1; 1 Cor. 11:23; 15:3; [Acts 22:14]

aw ver. 16; See 1 Cor. 2:10; 2 Cor. 12:1

Acts 18:4-5

4 And ^ahe reasoned in the synagogue ^bevery Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

5 ^cWhen Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul ^dwas occupied with the word, ^etestifying to the Jews that the Christ was ^fJesus.

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

23 but we preach Christ ^gcrucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^hthe power of God and ⁱthe wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 2:2-7

2 For I decided to know nothing among you except ^jJesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And ^kI was with you ^lin weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^mthe Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women} but ^oin the power of God.

Wisdom from the Spirit

6 Yet among ^pthe mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not ^qa wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, ^rwho are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, ^swhich God decreed before the ages for our glory.

1 Corinthians 15:3-11

3 For ^tI delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died ^ufor our sins ^vin accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised ^won the third day ^xin accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that ^yhe appeared to Cephas, then ^zto the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to ^aaJames, then ^abto all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, ^ache appeared also to me. 9 For ^adI am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because ^aeI persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, ^afI worked harder than any of them, ^agthough it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

Galatians 1:6-12

No Other Gospel

6 I am astonished that you are ^ahso quickly deserting ^aihim who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to ^aja different gospel— 7 ^aknot that there is another one, but ^althere are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or ^aman angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, ^anlet him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, ^aolet him be accursed.

10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying ^apto please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a ^aqservant ^{▼▼Or slave; Greek bondservant} of Christ.

Paul Called by God

11 For ^asI would have you know, brothers, that ^atthe gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. ^{▼▼Greek not according to man} 12 ^avFor I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it ^awthrough a revelation of Jesus Christ.