 | James Dixon Douglas - Bibles - 1993 - 938 pages
...катар-yTjCTTj, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning 1 will thwart." ` , 2'For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through... | |
 | Walter Brueggemann, Charles B. Cousar, Beverly Roberts Gaventa - Religion - 1993 - 632 pages
...readers. On the one hand, the text exposes, even mocks, the self-confident pretensions of the wise ("Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age?" v. 20). The "foolishness" of God is wiser and the "weakness" of God stronger than the best humans can... | |
 | Harold George Koenig - Aging - 1994 - 594 pages
...intelligent will vanish. (Isaiah 29:14) Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of...the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him [my italics], God was pleased through the foolishness of what was... | |
 | William Reuben Farmer - Religion - 1994 - 260 pages
...wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart (Isa. 29:14]. Where is the wise man? Where 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... | |
 | Gary Almy, Carol Tharp Almy, Jerry B. Jenkins - Christian life - 1994 - 292 pages
...saved, it is the power of God — Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (1 Corinthians 1:18,20). Christian magazines carry ads offering books on healing memories, satisfying... | |
 | Daniel Liechty - Religion - 1994 - 336 pages
...said to the Corinthians, "\\Tiere is the wise man? Where is the scholar? \\Tiere is the philosopher of this age: Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" (1 Corinthians 1 :20). And another passage says, "Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish, for I am going... | |
 | Brian D. Ingraffia - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 308 pages
...intelligent I will frustrate." Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of...the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to... | |
 | Richard Oster - Religion - 1995 - 424 pages
...stronger than man's strength. 1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? The specific references in this rapid set of rhetorical questions has led to several interpretations.... | |
 | M. D. Goulder - Religion - 1995 - 216 pages
...wisdom of the Wise'. He asks, 'Where is the Sage? where is the scribe? where is the scripture expert of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?' (I Cor. i.igf.). He makes it clear that he is behind the Law of God itself, but that he rejects the... | |
 | William E. Reiser - Religion - 1997 - 258 pages
...miraculous. Moreover, God apparently does this for no other "reason" than to confound the wisdom of the wise: Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe?...Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (1 Cor 1:20} Once again, I believe, we are running up against God as a literary character. Any presentation... | |
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Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 
