• I Corinthians 1:25-2:7
  • I Corinthians 1:28 – See the story of Naaman (II Kings 5). There was nothing special in the water except that God commanded Naaman to be washed in it. Other examples:
    • Numbers 21 – Looking upon a bronze serpent to be saved.
    • In the New Testament – baptism in water
  • I Corinthians 1:30 – Calvinists sometimes try to use this passage to teach that Christ’s righteousness is imported to us. This is false. This verse is simply explaining what Christ has done for us. He brought us wisdom, sanctification, righteousness, and redemption. If you read this to mean His righteousness is imputed to us, His wisdom, sanctification, and redemption would also have to be imputed to us, which is nonsense.
  • I Corinthians 2:4 – See II Corinthians 2:12. Paul was able to work miracles to confirm the words that he spoke. See also Galatians 1:8, 12.