1 Corinthians 1:30

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“It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.”

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BSBPD

“It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and of Him ye--ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 1:30 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 71:15My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
  2. Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
  3. Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
  4. Proverbs 8:5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
  5. Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
  6. Isaiah 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
  7. Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  8. Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
  9. Jeremiah 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  10. Daniel 2:20and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
  11. Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  12. Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
  13. Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
  14. Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
  15. John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
  16. John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  17. John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  18. John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
  19. John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
  20. John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
  21. John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  22. John 17:26And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
  23. Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
  24. Romans 1:17For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

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