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" Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save... "
The Lion [ed. by R. Carlile]. - Page 26
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An Historical and Critical Dictionary, Volume 3

Pierre Bayle - Biography - 1826 - 434 pages
...I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise ? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world 1 For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world...
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Sermons on several subjects

Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1794 - 404 pages
..." For my yoke is eafy, and my burthen is "light*."' • Matth. xi. 28 — 30. SERMON II. i COR. i. 20. WHERE IS THE WISE ? WHERE IS THE SCRIBE ? WHERE IS THE DISPUTER OF THIS WORLD ? HATH NOT GOD MADE FOOLISH THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD? THE fubject on which St. Paul is fpeaking in...
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Remarks on revelation & infidelity, speeches delivered in a literary society ...

A. M - 1797 - 358 pages
...will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the pru. dent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of H this world ? For after that, in the wisdom of God, the...
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The Methodist Magazine: For the Year ... ; Being a Continuation ..., Volume 41

John Wesley, George Story - Christianity - 1818 - 934 pages
...foolishness -, and the result was, that numbers, by means of such preaching, became wise unto salvation. Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? Defences of the Christian religion have often been conducted in such a manner as to produce an effect...
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The Christian Observer, Volume 11

Religion - 1813 - 996 pages
...all our feelings upon it in one •expressive sentence : " How much this passage reminds our of, ' Where is the wise, where is the scribe, where is the disputer of this world, Ac. ! ' 1 Cor. L 20." Letter, p. 8. And this application, be it remembered, is made by a man who hag...
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Sermons, on a Number of Connected Subjects: In which an Attempt is Made to ...

John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...of religion, had triumphed over all the boasted philosophy of the learned gentile world. He says, " Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world...
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments : Translated ..., Volume 4

1804 - 476 pages
...I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? 21 For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world...
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The Universal Restoration of All Men: Proved by Scripture, Reason, and ...

Joseph Young - Future punishment - 1804 - 276 pages
...eternity, and this passage would be, against the rulers of the darkness of this eternity. So 1 Cor. i. 20. Where is the wise, where is the scribe, where is the disputer (to aionos toto) of this aeon, and not of this eternity. 1 Tim. ii. 6. Charge them that are rich (en...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...[«K»I>OS¿.] A figure, when several clauses of a sentence are begun with the same word, or sound ; as, Where is the ¡wise ? Where is the scribe ? Where is the disputer of thit world ? ANAPLERO'TICK. adj. [ov«*X"i«ew.] That fills up any vacuity : used of applications which...
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Select parts of the holy Bible, for the use of the negro slaves, in the ...

1807 - 570 pages
...I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? 21 For after that, in the wisdom of God, the...
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