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1Cr 4:10 — We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honourable, but we [are] despised.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

are fools		1Cr 1:1; etc.; 1Cr 1:18-20,26-28; 1Cr 2:3,14; 1Cr 3:18; 2Ki 9:11; Hsa 9:7; Act 17:18,32; Act 26:24
for		Mat 5:11; Mat 10:22-25; Mat 24:9; Luk 6:22; Act 9:16; 1Pe 4:14
are wise		1Cr 4:8; 1Cr 10:14,15; Jer 8:8,9
we are weak		1Cr 2:3; 2Cr 10:10; 2Cr 11:29; 2Cr 12:9,10; 2Cr 13:3,4,9
but ye		1Cr 3:2; 1Cr 10:12
but we		Pro 11:12; Isa 53:3; Luk 10:16; Luk 18:9; 1Th 4:8

Correlating Passages

are fools

	1Cr 1:1	Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes [our] brother,
	1Cr 1:18	For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
	1Cr 1:19	For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
	1Cr 1:20	Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
	1Cr 1:26	For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
	1Cr 1:27	But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
	1Cr 1:28	And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
	1Cr 2:3	And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
	1Cr 2:14	But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
	1Cr 3:18	Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
	2Ki 9:11	Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and [one] said unto him, [Is] all well? wherefore came this mad [fellow] to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
	Hsa 9:7	The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know [it]: the prophet [is] a fool, the spiritual man [is] mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
	Act 17:18	Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
	Act 17:32	And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this [matter].
	Act 26:24	And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

for

	Mat 5:11	Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
	Mat 10:22	And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
	Mat 10:23	But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
	Mat 10:24	The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord.
	Mat 10:25	It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?
	Mat 24:9	Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
	Luk 6:22	Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
	Act 9:16	For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
	1Pe 4:14	If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

are wise

	1Cr 4:8	Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
	1Cr 10:14	Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
	1Cr 10:15	I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
	Jer 8:8	How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
	Jer 8:9	The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?

we are weak

	1Cr 2:3	And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
	2Cr 10:10	For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.
	2Cr 11:29	Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
	2Cr 12:9	And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
	2Cr 12:10	Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
	2Cr 13:3	Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
	2Cr 13:4	For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
	2Cr 13:9	For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, [even] your perfection.

but ye

	1Cr 3:2	I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.
	1Cr 10:12	Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

but we

	Pro 11:12	He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
	Isa 53:3	He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
	Luk 10:16	He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
	Luk 18:9	And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
	1Th 4:8	He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Corinthians 4:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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