Are the foolish shaming the wise? ~ Cross reference of 1 Corinthians 1:31 to Jeremiah 9:23
Paul here is addressing the people in Corinth and telling them that god chose them to be believers of Jesus. He makes it very clear that their intellect, influence or pedigree was not the reason that god chose them. He then tells them that they should not boast about how they figured out about the cross and how they got their salvation, but if they wish to boast that should only boast about what the lord did for them on the cross. I think he quotes Jeremiah 9:23 [9:24 in the Greek text] to say that it is written about what he just said in Tanakh. Let us see what Jeremiah 9:23 in context is saying. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole...