 | Alban Butler - 1775 - 546 pages
...extravagances evince the truth of what God himfelf has declared : " I will deflroy the wif" dom of the wife ; and the prudence of the prudent I will " reject. Where is the wife ? Where is the fcribe ? Where " is the difputer of this world ? Hath not God made foolifh " the... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Joseph Young - 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 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... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1808 - 414 pages
...and again I say, Rejoice. SERMON II. On the Christian doctrine of Redemption, p. 2 5. 1 COR. i. 20. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe ? where is...disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the z&ix~ dom of this world? SERMON III. The same subject continued, and the same text, p. 5 1 . SERMON... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - 1808 - 656 pages
...wisdom of those that are wise, and will bring to nothing the knowledge of those 20 that are knowing." Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not 21 God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that, through the wisdom of God, the world... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...of God. I. 1 9 / will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring &c. See Isaiah xxix. 14. I. 20 Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world f hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? Where then is the wise and learned Pharisee... | |
 | Thomas Bradbury - 1810 - 324 pages
...there is a wavering that arises. 2. From pride and vanity. Men love to have something of their own. But where is the wise, where is the scribe, where is the disputer of this world? Has not God. made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Cor. i._20. There is no reputation got, by standing... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1810 - 538 pages
...against it, deride it, or revile it, only tread in the steps of ancient scribes and philosophers. But " where is the " scribe? where is the disputer of this world?" Hath not God at all times made foolish their boasted wisdom, if whenever it exalted itself against the knowledge... | |
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I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent will I reject. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? 
