18 For the ^apreaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the ^bpower of God.

  16 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a ^afoundation a ^bstone, a tried stone, a precious ^ccorner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

  14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a ^astone of ^bstumbling, and for a ^crock of ^doffense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a ^esnare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  44 ^aAnd whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to ^adestruction:

  9 For God hath not appointed us to ^awrath, but to obtain ^bsalvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,