 | John Flavel - 1689 - 412 sidor
...conveyance of spiritual life into the souls of men, though it is despised and contemned in the world. " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness ; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God," 1 Cor. 1 : 18 ; that is, the instrument by which the saving... | |
 | Pierre Bayle - 1826 - 434 sidor
...preach the gospel : not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none 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. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,... | |
 | Matthew Horbery - 1744 - 306 sidor
...dird>\eia, (Destruction,) in the Philosophical Sense of A miihilation. No. LIX. 1 Cor. i. 18.— The preaching of the Cross is to them that perish, Foolishness: But unto us which are saved, ii is the Power of God. It is plain what is here meant by the word perish: Them that... | |
 | Samuel Ogden - 1780 - 380 sidor
...fliall he be thought worthy, 'who hath trodden under foot the Son of God? SERMON IV. i COR. i. 18. THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS IS TO THEM THAT PERISH, FOOLISHNESS; BUT UNTO US WHICH ARE SAVED, IT IS THE POWER OF GOD. THERE is nothing, how well and wifely foever it is ordered,... | |
 | A. M - 1797 - 358 sidor
...contemptible in its nature, and its origin, its progress nothing could controul. v For" says St Paul, *' the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness : but unto us, which are saved, it is'the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1798 - 382 sidor
...effedt, for the preaching of the crofs is to " them that perifh, foolifhnefs ; but to us who are " faved, it is the power of God : for it is written, I " will deftroy the wifdom of the wife, and will bring to " nothing the underftanding of the prudent. Where... | |
 | 1802 - 374 sidor
...preach the gospel : "iot with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect 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. 1 9 For it is written, I u ill destroy the wisdom of the wise,... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 sidor
...be understood ironically ; or as speaking after the manner of unbelievers. He says, ver. 18, " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness...but unto us who are saved, it is the power of God." Both the matter, and the manner, of the primitive preachers of christianity, were thought meanly of... | |
 | 1804 - 438 sidor
...preach the gospel : not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 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. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,... | |
 | 1804 - 476 sidor
...the gospel : not with wisdom of •words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 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. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,... | |
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For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness, but unto us~ which are saved it is the power of God. 
