 | John Flavel - 1689 - 412 էջ
...conveyance of spiritual life into the souls of men, though it is despised and contemned in the world. " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness...unto us which are saved, it is the power of God," 1 Cor. 1 : 18 ; that is, the instrument by which the saving power of God communicates itself to the... | |
 | Pierre Bayle - 1826 - 434 էջ
...gospel : not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness,...but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding... | |
 | Matthew Horbery - 1744 - 306 էջ
...dird>\eia, (Destruction,) in the Philosophical Sense of A miihilation. No. LIX. 1 Cor. i. 18.— The preaching of the Cross is to them that perish, Foolishness: But unto us which are saved, ii is the Power of God. It is plain what is here meant by the word perish: Them that perish, is explain'd... | |
 | Samuel Ogden - 1780 - 380 էջ
...fliall he be thought worthy, 'who hath trodden under foot the Son of God? SERMON IV. i COR. i. 18. THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS IS TO THEM THAT PERISH, FOOLISHNESS;...BUT UNTO US WHICH ARE SAVED, IT IS THE POWER OF GOD. THERE is nothing, how well and wifely foever it is ordered, by man, or God, but exceptions may be taken... | |
 | A. M - 1797 - 358 էջ
...contemptible in its nature, and its origin, its progress nothing could controul. v For" says St Paul, *' the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness : but unto us, which are saved, it is'the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing... | |
 | 1802 - 374 էջ
...gospel : "iot with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness;...but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God. 1 9 For it is written, I u ill destroy the wisdom of the wise, and thren, by the name of our Lord)... | |
 | 1842
...glories in giving it explicit prominence even in the midst of those who could not receive the truth. " We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness." Neither have we so learned the requirements of our church, which expects that out of the mouths of... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 էջ
...be understood ironically ; or as speaking after the manner of unbelievers. He says, ver. 18, " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us who are saved, it is the power of God." Both the matter, and the manner, of the primitive preachers... | |
 | 1804 - 476 էջ
...gospel : not with wisdom of •words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness...but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 էջ
...the Gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is, to them that perish, foolishness ; but unto usj which are saved, it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the" vain "wisdom of... | |
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For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 
