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1 Corinthians 1:23-24

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[23] but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks, [24] but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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Corinth was a prosperous Roman port city in Achaia, marked by cultural diversity, commerce, and religious pluralism. Paul’s contrast between Jews and Greeks addresses the mixed Corinthian church, showing that the crucified Christ overturns both Jewish expectations of signs and Greek ideals of wisdom.

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