 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.  The Guardian - Page 331859Full view - About this book
 | Henry Hull - Quaker women - 1812 - 32 pages
...which is nevertheless the wisdom of God, that brings " to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise ? Where is the scribe ? Where is...this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world I" Is not this manifest, that " not many wise men after the flesh ; not many mighty,... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - Asia - 1812 - 424 pages
...Christian dispensation. For, " Where is the wise ?" saith the Apostle, in reference to this subject : " Where is the Scribe ? Where is the disputer of this...not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? For ye see your calling', brethren ; how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 pages
...be on the morrow. (d) Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgm'ent. (*) Where is the wise ? Where is the Scribe ? , Where is the disputer of this world ? Their (•w) Job n. is. Eccles. 7. 13. i Cor. 3.»0. (») Job 8. 9. (51)148.59.9.10, (») Isa 59,8.... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 pages
...bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. S6 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? \\here is the disputer 'of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? • • PARAPHRASE. i .» . I7,ror Chri|| sent me not to baptize, but to preach the... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...judgest another, thou condemncst thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. b 1 Cor. i. 21. For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by...foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 1 Cor. ii. 13. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which ti»Holy... | |
 | Missions - 1826 - 638 pages
...him, I said I had no horns, and taking a New Testament from my pocket, I read to him the passage, " Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is...this world ?— hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ?" &c., and from this passage I preached to him the Gospel of Christ. I preached in the... | |
 | John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...written, * I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and 20 abolish the understanding of the prudent, t Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the...this world ? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom 21 this world ? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Bible - 1813 - 638 pages
...:" " I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise ? Where is the scribe ? Where is...disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wis-t dom of this world ? For after that in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it... | |
 | Eleazar Lord - Blacks - 1813 - 312 pages
...and sublime intellects were occupied in the investigation of truth! But "where," asks the Apostle, "is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer...of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?"; and hath he not demonstrated how despicable arc genius, and acutencss, and almost... | |
 | Theology - 1813 - 486 pages
...sublime intellects were <)<(.iipied in the investigation of truth! Hut, " where," asks the . jiostle, " is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer...of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?" and hath he not demonstrated how despicable are genius, and acuteness, and almost intuition,... | |
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