 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to...  Christ's Object Lessons - Page 81by Ellen G. White - 1900 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1814 - 804 pages
...God." Matt. xix. 24. And the apostle Paul says, (1 Cor. i. 26) " not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called, but God hath...the things which are mighty, and base things of the world, and things which are despised has God chosen, yea, and things that are not, to bring to nought... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1813 - 550 pages
...chosen vessels of mercy, "ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men 4tter the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the... | |
 | 1831 - 492 pages
...talents, my child, to be great in the kingdom of heaven. Oh ! no, ' not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.' You know the passage, Emily, do study it carefully. Some of those... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 488 pages
...and urgeth it as an argument against every degree of boasting or selfattribution, 1 Cor. i. 26. &c. " For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many...the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought... | |
 | John Brodhead Romeyn - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 456 pages
...the wise and prudent. In consistency with this, the apostle, addressing Corinthian believers, says, " Ye see your calling, brethren, how " that not many...things which " are mighty ; and base things of the world, " and things which are despised, hath God " chosen, yea, and things which are not, to " bring... | |
 | Legh Richmond - Suffering - 1817 - 806 pages
...harlots; 'they lay in wait every where to entrap him, they sued him to death. after. the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...remarkable words : — (h) " Ye see your calling, brethren, how not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, the weak things of the world to confound the mighty, the base things... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 616 pages
...Cor. i. 26, 27. " For ye see your calling, brethren, how.thal not many wise mej), after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world — ." .Sc-atW/y, This doctrine may well put us upon examining ourselves, whether we have... | |
 | Religion - 1817 - 670 pages
...in the unsearchable wisdom of Jehovah, revealed unto babes; " not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called; but God 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... | |
 | John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...fingers, and which could not deliver itself out of his hands. How true are the Apostle's, words ! — ' For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many...the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen ; yea, and things which are not, to bring to... | |
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