| Timothy Dwight - Bible - 1813 - 638 pages
...the Gospel; not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness;...but unto us which are saved, it is the POWER of God. But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...that believe. Ver. 22. For the JCMTS require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom : Ver. 23. But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; Ver. 24. But unto them which are called, both JevVs and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - Bible - 1814 - 184 pages
...glad tidings of good things. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishnes ; 106 but unto us which are saved it is the power of GOD. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding... | |
| John Hoyland - Bible - 1816 - 486 pages
...doctrine of the cross in the eyes of prejudice, and philosophy, and science, falsely so called. " For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness;...unto us which are saved, it is the power of God." 1 Corin. i. 18. The virtue flows from the Divine appointment, operating with the believing act of the... | |
| Edward Thomas Vaughan - Anglican Communion - 1916 - 494 pages
...is " by the foolishness of preaching" that God has been pleased to "save them that believe." " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us that are saved, it is the power of God." " Whom we preach, warning every man and teaching every man."... | |
| Joseph Priestley - Theology - 1786 - 526 pages
...pretensions to wisdom. In opposition to their pretended deep knowledge, the apostle says, 1 Cor. i. 18, " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness...unto us which are saved, it is the power of God." Ch. iii. 18: " Let no man deceive himself. If any man * " Plurimi autem et contemptorcs facti, quasi... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pages
...consequentially, we are delivered from the wrath to come. 1 Thes. i. 10. 76. 1 Cor. i. 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. vil. 16, What knowest thou, О Wife, whether thou shall save thy husband? or how knowest thou, О man,... | |
| Joseph Benson - Christian literature, American - 1817 - 630 pages
...XIX. Preached at the Opening of the Methodist Chapel, at Newbury, Sept, 19, 1804. 1 Cor. i. 23, 24. " We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block,...and unto the Greeks foolishness ; but unto , . them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God." 385 SERMON XX.... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 544 pages
...regenerated, but they were so in profession and repute, and therefore were so in name. 1 Cor. i. 18. " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness ; but unto us [ie us Christians] which are SAVED, [reic rufrfuvott] it is the power of God." So those that from time... | |
| Daniel Wilson - Sermons, English - 1818 - 594 pages
...GI,ORY. 1 CORINTHIANS, 1. 22 — 44. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after tcisdom. But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolisJiriess; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the pouer of God and the... | |
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