 | Richard P. McBrien - Religion - 1994 - 1348 pages
...those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Corinthians 1:18). "Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?...foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe" (1:20-21). What of the blood sacrifices? When they were employed as a means of atonement, the death... | |
 | Thomas Gillespie - Religion - 1994 - 308 pages
...not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" (1:20),42 and is explicit in the ensuing explanation: "For since in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God to save those who believe through the foolishness of the kerygma" ( 1 :21 ). Here the... | |
 | William Reuben Farmer - Religion - 1994 - 260 pages
...is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the learned? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs... | |
 | Oliver Treanor - Music - 1995 - 150 pages
...the property of God alone. This is precisely the point made by Paul in his Corinthian correspondence. 'Since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe' (1 Cor. 1:21). What Paul... | |
 | Bernadette J. Brooten - Family & Relationships - 1996 - 452 pages
...Paulusstudien [Beiträge zur evangelischen Theologie 16; Munich: Kaiser, 1952] 9-34). See l Cor 1:21 ("For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not...of our proclamation, to save those who believe"), which makes clear that Paul gives priority to the revelation in the gospel over any human ability to... | |
 | Bernadette J. Brooten - Family & Relationships - 1996 - 452 pages
...Paulusstudien [Beittäge zur evangelischen Theologie 16; Munich: Kaiser, 1952] 9-34l. See l Cor l :21 i"For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know...wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proelamation, to save those who be. iieve"l, which makes elear that Paul gives prioriiv to the revelation... | |
 | Douglas J. Moo - Religion - 1996 - 1050 pages
...in the main clause. 69. In Paul, see Gal. 4:9; Phil. 3:8, 10; 2 Cor. 5: 16. Note also 1 Cor. 1:21: "in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through that wisdom." 70. DL Turner, "Cornelius van Til and Romans 1 : 1 8-2 1 . A Study in the Epistemology... | |
 | J. Louis Martyn - Religion - 2005 - 356 pages
...destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment (synesis) of the discerning I will thwart (Isa29:l4). Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe?...of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the foolishness of our proclamation to save those who believe. For Jews demand... | |
 | Gerhard O. Forde - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 144 pages
...destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart." Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this...of God the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs... | |
 | Adrian Michael Hough - Ecology - 1997 - 212 pages
...provides a summary of this difference. As St. Paul wrote to the Church at Corinth: 'Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this...of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs... | |
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For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 
