| Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1783 - 468 sidor
...fign, and the Greeks fought " after wifdom." That is, becaufe they had SERMON X, i COR. i. 22, 23, 24. THE JEWS REQUIRE A SIGN, AND THE GREEKS SEEK AFTER...WISDOM; BUT WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, UNTO THE JEWS A STUMBLING-BLOCK, AND UNTO THE GREEKS FOOLISHNESS, BUT UNTO THEM WHICH ARE CALLED, BOTH JEWS AND GREEKS,... | |
| A. M - 1797 - 358 sidor
...? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of H this world ? For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom...Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; butuntothem which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of... | |
| 1802 - 374 sidor
...by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom ; 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness... | |
| John Smalley - 1803 - 454 sidor
...stupid and absurd. Concerning its first grand article, this is observed immediately after our text, " For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after...: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness. ' ' Toothing could more stumble and offend the former,... | |
| 1804 - 438 sidor
...by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom : 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness;... | |
| 1804 - 476 sidor
...by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom ; 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness... | |
| Timothy Kenrick - 1805 - 396 sidor
...by such apparently inadequate means. This accounts for the language of the apostle in the text : " we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling...block, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; but unto them that are called," (that is, to Christians, both Jews and Greeks) ': Christ, the power of God, and the... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1806 - 460 sidor
...after that i» the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a -i^n, and the Greeks seek after wisdom. Bat we preach Chr.st crucified, unto the Jews, a stumbling-block... | |
| 1807 - 570 sidor
...wisdom knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom : 23 But 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jew« a Stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 sidor
...not God made the wisdom of this world mere foolishness, in respect of divine mysteries ? I. 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom...foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For, since that the world, by their natural wisdom, did not, nor could, nor would know God, in that way... | |
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