| Future punishment - 1817 - 334 pages
...opposite: thus folly, disobedience, corruption, and loss, indicate conduct sure to be fruit less. ii. 7. " But we speak the wisdom of God, in a mystery, even...which God ordained before the world, unto our glory. 8. Which none of the princes of this world knew ; for had they known it, they would not have crucified... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 554 pages
...Those who are the wise men of the earth are called princes in the style of the apostle, 1 Cor. ii; 6. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect, yet not the wisdom of this worId, nor of the princes of this world. Ver. 8. WTiich none of the princes oj this world knew; for... | |
| Unitarianism - 1817 - 680 pages
...be through the wisdom of men, but through the power of God. 6 However, we speak wisdom among those that are perfect : yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of 7 this world, who will come to nought : but we speak the wisdom of God in his mystery, even the hidden... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pages
...Anno Imp. Ne- ОГ ronceas. 3. (j Howbeit, we speak wisdom among them ь that are perfect : yet not c the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, d that come to nought : 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mys« 2 Cor. 4. 7. & 6. 7. » ch. 14.20.... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 538 pages
...truths of the Gospel); " yet not the WISDOM of " the world" (not the pretended wisdom of the Orgies) " nor of the princes of this world that come to " nought...which God " ordained before the world unto our glory ; which (f none of the princes of this world KNEW^: — The * Eom. xi. 25. f Rom - xyi - 25 i 26 >... | |
| Timothy Dwight - Theology, Doctrinal - 1818 - 632 pages
...1 7. Can either of these things be possibly said, with truth, concerning mere uninspired opinions ? We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the...which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God... | |
| Matthew Henry - Prayer - 1818 - 234 pages
...thou saidst concerning the race of mankind, destroy it not for a blessing is in tt.e Herein appears the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world for our glory ,5(2.) For the eternal purposes and counsels of God con' cerning man's redemption. -... | |
| Methodist Church - 1825 - 512 pages
...another word on the subject. For ' we have a more sure word of prophecy ;' and when writing to you, ' we speak wisdom among them that are perfect, yet not the wisdom of this world, but the wisdom of God in a mystery.' It is by this wisdom that we are instructed, and by divine faith... | |
| John Pye Smith - Messiah - 1818 - 512 pages
...plainly implies a discrediting of their veracity when they advance such claims as the following : " We speak the wisdom of God, in a mystery ; even the hidden wisdom, — which God hath revealed unto us by his Spirit. We have received — the Spirit which is of God, that we might... | |
| Daniel Wilson - Sermons, English - 1818 - 594 pages
...Christ, God hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence. The Apostles in declaring it, preached the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom ; which the angels desire to look into. i Something of this will appear if we consider THE PERSON OF THE CRUCIFIED... | |
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