 | Henry Venn - 1811 - 464 pagine
...bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where ifr the wise? Where is the Scribe? Where is the disputer of this world ? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ?" 1 Cor. i. The absolute contrariety which scripture truth bears to what the wisest... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 424 pagine
...Where is the wise ?" saith the Apostle, in reference to this subject : " Where is the Scribe ? Where is the disputer of this world ? Hath 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... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 pagine
...8cripture testifies, 1 Cor. i. 2O, 26, 27, 28. ' Where is the wise ? Where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath 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... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 648 pagine
..." the wise ?" saith the Apostle, in reference to this subject : " Where is the Scribe ? " Where is the disputer of this world ? Hath " 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... | |
 | Henry Hull - 1812 - 32 pagine
...brings " to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise ? Where is the scribe ? Where is the disputer of 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,... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 pagine
...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... | |
 | John Buckworth - 1812 - 340 pagine
...which attached to the wise men of ancient Corinth : *' Where is the wise, where is the scribe, where is the disputer of this world ? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ?" How much then does it become us to value our Bibles ! We should evidence also our... | |
 | John Jones - 1812 - 1054 pagine
...provoke them to a fair and honourable discussion. " Where is the wise ] Where is the scribe ? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world 7" 1 Cor. i. 30. * If Gibbon WCVe a fair and candid historian, he would have opposed... | |
 | 1826 - 638 pagine
...Testament from my pocket, I read to him the passage, " Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of 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... | |
 | 1813 - 486 pagine
...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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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. 
