| Pierre Bayle - 1826 - 434 ページ
...foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath 'chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, and base things...nought things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence. But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness,... | |
| George Whitefield - 1771 - 494 ページ
...28. " But GoD hath chofen the foolifh things of this world to confound the wife; and GoD hath chofen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty; and bafe things of the-world, and things which are defpifed, hath GoD chofen, yea and things... | |
| A. M - 1797 - 358 ページ
...not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things...nought things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence." " If a man, with this admirable passage in his mind, will take a serious view of the... | |
| 1799 - 200 ページ
...of God is wiser than man; and the weakness of God is stronger than man," and that he ever chooses " the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty." The attacks of his adversaries were the means used by Divine Providence to carry him onward... | |
| Johann Caspar Lavater - 1804 - 422 ページ
...15—25. "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak to confound the things which are mighty, and base things...nought things that are ; that no flesh should glory in his presence." 1 Cor. i. 27, 28, 29. — " Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called."... | |
| William Giles - 1804 - 280 ページ
...hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things...nought things that are : that no flesh should glory in his presence.' Were the glorious gospel revealed only, or principally, to the wise and the prudent,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1804 - 352 ページ
...scarcely any apparent recommendation but effrontery, one is almost tempted to say on the occasion, " God hath chosen the foolish things of this world " to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of " the world to confound the mighty, that no flesh might glory in " his... | |
| Rev. Thomas Watson - 1805 - 516 ページ
...power. But God hath chofen the foolijh things of this world to confound the wife ; and God hath chofen the weak things of this -world to confound the things which are mighty ; and bafe things of the world, and things which are defpifed, hath God chofen, yea and things... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 ページ
...their knowledge foolish. Ch. xl. 23. 1 Cor. i. 25. The foolishness of God is wiser than men. Ver. 27. God hath chosen the foolish things of this world, to confound the wise. iii. 9. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, he taketh the wise irt... | |
| Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 426 ページ
...foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things...to bring to nought things that are : that no flesh might glory in his presence." Remark, my brethren, God is here said to choose •some and to leave... | |
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