The Message of the Cross
1 Corinthians 1:22
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
- KJV
- For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
- WEB
- For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
- ASV
- Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:
- LSV
- Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,
- YLT
- Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,
- DBY
- Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;
- DRC
- For both the Jews require signs, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
- GNV
- Seeing also that the Iewes require a signe, and the Grecians seeke after wisdome.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read σημεῖα (“signs”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read σημεῖον (“sign”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: σημεῖα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σημεῖα; Robinson–Pierpont read σημεῖον.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐπειδὴ καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι σημεῖα αἰτοῦσιν καὶ Ἕλληνες σοφίαν ζητοῦσιν·
- RP2018
- Ἐπειδὴ καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι σημεῖον αἰτοῦσιν, καὶ Ἕλληνες σοφίαν ζητοῦσιν·
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐπειδὴ καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι σημεῖον αἰτοῦσι, καὶ Ἕλληνες σοφίαν ζητοῦσιν·
- SCR1894
- επειδη και ιουδαιοι σημειον αιτουσιν και ελληνες σοφιαν ζητουσιν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PhilosophyWisdomGreekCorinthians, First Epistle to theRevelation of ChristGreeceBoastingReasoningSignGrecians; Greeks
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 16:1–4Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning,…
- John 2:18On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
- Mark 8:11Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
- Acts 17:18–21Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was…
- Luke 11:16And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
- Matthew 12:38–39Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet…
- Luke 11:20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- John 4:28Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
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