 | 1841 - 608 pages
...of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound tho things which are mighty ; and base things of the world,...nought things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence." Since my return from Simla I have not been able to attend to much direct missionary... | |
 | 1842 - 406 pages
...foolish things of the world, to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound the things which are mighty ; And base things...nought things that are ; That no flesh should glory in his presence." He chose the most despised — and indeed the smallest section of his people to lead... | |
 | John R. Rice - Bible - 1971 - 576 pages
...foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things...nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence" (I Cor. 1:26-29). Oh, let us rejoice that ordinarily God chooses to use poor people instead... | |
 | H. L. Willmington - Bible - 1981 - 1038 pages
...foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to w shall we do? And he answered, Fear not: for they...I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And his presence." Thus, in manifesting his own glory, God delighted in choosing: a. The foolish things... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - Religion - 1988 - 284 pages
...foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, and base things...nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence" ( I Cor. 1:27-31, See Matt. 21:31). It was the Galileans, then, who received their privileges,... | |
 | David Walters - Religion - 1992 - 118 pages
...foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things...nought things that are; that no flesh should glory in his presence. I encourage the children that God has chosen the foolish and the weak, the dummies and... | |
 | Pierre Bayle, Craig Brush - Philosophy - 1991 - 496 pages
...foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things...nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness,... | |
 | Reinhold Niebuhr - Religion - 1989 - 316 pages
...foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things...nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. (I Corinthians 1:26-29) The apostle Paul could hardly have given Nietzsche's quarrel... | |
 | Michael E. Evans - Ethnology - 1991 - 286 pages
...foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things oftheworld to confound the things which are mighty; And base things...nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness,... | |
 | Mark A. Noll - History - 1992 - 596 pages
...choosing "the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ... the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things...nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence." The historian Donald Mathews phrases it similarly when he describes how evangelical... | |
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But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things... 
