The word of the cross [ο λ ο γ ο ς ο τ ο υ σ τ α υ ρ ο υ]. Lit., the word, that, namely, of the cross. The second article is definitive and emphatic. The word of which the substance and purport is the cross.

To them that perish [τ ο ι ς α π ο λ λ υ μ ε ν ο ι ς]. Lit., that are perishing. So Rev. The present participle denotes process : they who are on the way to destruction. Compare 2 Corinthians 2:15.

Foolishness [μ ω ρ ι α]. Only in this epistle. See on have lost his savor, Matthew 5:13.

Which are saved [τ ο ι ς σ ω ζ ο μ ε ν ο ι ς]. Rev., being saved : in process of salvation.

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Old Testament