| Russell Penney - Religion - 396 pages
...to bring people to salvation. 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... | |
| Bibles - 2001 - 764 pages
...becomes worldly wisdom which seeks only "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, 2()Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this...Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 2lFor since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through... | |
| Edward Tick - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2001 - 324 pages
...words probably close to those contained in his Letters to the Korinthians. "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 world?"1 We wander this agora, visiting the temples of Apollo, Venus, Poseidon, and Herakles.We see... | |
| Ben Witherington III - Religion - 2001 - 358 pages
...have seemed a great holy man, philosopher, sage or prophet. Ironically, the answer to the questions "Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age?" (1 Cor 1:20) is in fact right before our eyes and those of Paul's converts. Paul himself was trained... | |
| James A. Fischer - Religion - 2002 - 160 pages
...the wisdom of the wise, and the learning of the learned I will set aside. " Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish? For since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God... | |
| Liturgy Training Publications - Religion - 2001 - 612 pages
...destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the learning of the learned I will set aside. Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish? For since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God... | |
| Richard J. Hauser - Suffering - 2002 - 220 pages
...destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the learning of the learned I will set aside." Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world toolish? For since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God... | |
| N. Allan Moseley - Christian life - 278 pages
...according to what we thought of Him and His Word. CHAPTER 4 When Jesus Is Not PC Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this...the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message... | |
| Craig A. Evans - Bible - 2003 - 173 pages
...currency in the first century, as we see in Paul's rhetorical questions: "Where is the wise man [ao^os]? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this...Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" (1 Cor 1:20). Being linked with "scribe" and "debater" suggests that ao^os may mean "sage" and not... | |
| Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis - Religion - 1996 - 678 pages
...those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this...Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? Jews demand signs . . . but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews . . . but to diose... | |
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