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For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. |
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
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For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
For the story and message of the cross is sheer absurdity and folly to those who are perishing and on their way to perdition, but to us who are being saved it is the [manifestation of] the power of God. |
For the story, that story concerning the Cross, is, on the one hand, to those who are perishing, foolishness, but to us, on the other hand, who are being saved, it is God’s power. |
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The preaching of the cross is, I know, nonsense to those who are involved in this dying world, but to us who are being saved from that death it is nothing less than the power of God. |
For the message of the cross is nonsense to those who are in the process of being destroyed, but it is the power of God to those who are in the process of being saved. |
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