Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 1:25
Because the foolishness of God — The gospel scheme, which the world judge to be mere foolishness, is wiser than the wisdom of men; and, weak as they account it, stronger than all the strength of men.
Because the foolishness of God — The gospel scheme, which the world judge to be mere foolishness, is wiser than the wisdom of men; and, weak as they account it, stronger than all the strength of men.
Verse 25. _THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD IS WISER_, c.] The meaning of these strong expressions is, that the things of God's appointment, which seem to men _foolishness_, are infinitely beyond the highest d...
BECAUSE THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD - That which God appoints, requires, commands, does, etc., which appears to people to be foolish. The passage is not to be understood as affirming that it is really fool...
2. CONTRASTS. CHAPTER 1:10-4). CHAPTER 1:10-31. _ 1. Divisions rebuked. (1 Corinthians 1:10)._ 2. The Cross of Christ, the Power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:17). The section which begins, after the in...
1 CORINTHIANS 1:18 TO 1 CORINTHIANS 2:5. THE CROSS, FOLLY TO THE WORLD, IS THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD. Paul now explains and justifies 1 Corinthians 1:17_ b_, which to Greek readers must have soun
AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...
For the story of the Cross is foolishness to those who are on the way to destruction, but it is the power of God to those who are on the way to salvation. For it stands written, "I will wipe out the w...
FOOLISHNESS. Literally foolish thing. Greek. _moros_ MEN. App-123. WEAKNESS. Literally weak thing. Greek. _asthenes._...
_Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men_, &c. What was folly in the eyes of the Greek, or weakness in the eyes of the Jew, was yet far wiser and stronger than their highest conceptions. The...
God's Message not intended to flatter the pride of man 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_ Literally, TO THEM TH...
GOD’S MESSAGE NOT INTENDED TO FLATTER THE PRIDE OF MAN...
ὍΤΙ ΤῸ ΜΩΡῸΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. Dean Colet remarks that this may either refer to what precedes or what follows. If to the latter, it refers to those who receive the Gospel, who are wiser and more powerful th...
ΤΌ ΜΩΡΌΝ ΤΟΫ ΘΕΟΫ (G3588: G3474: G3588, G2316) "глупое Божье" — это деяния Бога, которые мир считает глупостью (Grosheide). ΣΟΦΏΤΕΡΟΝ _сотр. от_ ΣΟΦΌΣ (G4680) мудрый; _n. сотр._ мудрее, в сопровожден...
THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD IS WISER THAN MEN— As it is absolutely impossible that there should be either _folly_ or _weakness_ in God, so it is certain that the world did not in general believe there was;...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Word of the Cross and the Wisdom of the World_ (18-31) _Text_ 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are save...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Unity Operates Through the Instrumentality of the Gospel (1 Corinthians 1:18-25) 18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it...
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD - i:e., God's plan of salvation, which men deem "foolishness" (). WEAKNESS O...
21 To this day the great, the noble, and the wise are a small minority among the true saints of God. It is a matter of extreme thankfulness that this is so. If high birth or wisdom or any other attain...
THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD] This method of salvation by the Cross of Christ in point of fact saved men from their sins. And thus the so-called foolishness of God was proved in practice to be wiser than th...
GREETING AND THANKSGIVING. PARTISANSHIP IN THE CHURCH St. Paul, after greeting the Church and giving thanks for its spiritual gifts, rebukes the preference for various teachers which was prevalent am...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ ABOUT THIS LETTER CORINTH Corinth was an important city. It was on a very narrow section of land (called an ‘isthmus’) in the southern part of Gre...
BECAUSE. — This introduces the reason why Christ, as being crucified, is the power and wisdom of God, viz., because God’s folly (as they call it) is wiser, not “than the wisdom of men,” as some unders...
CHAPTER 4 THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING In the preceding section of this Epistle Paul introduced the subject which was prominent in his thoughts as he wrote: the divided state of the Corinthian Churc...
§ 4. THE TRUE POWER OF THE GOSPEL. To “preach the gospel” meant, above all, to proclaim the cross of Christ (1 Corinthians 1:17 b). In Cor [189] “the wisdom of the world” scouted this message as sheer...
The ἐπειδὴ of 1 Corinthians 1:21 and that of 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 are parl [218], the second restating and expanding the first (_cf._ the double ὅταν in 1 Corinthians 15:24, and in...
1 Corinthians 1:22-25 open out the thought of 1 Corinthians 1:21 : “the world” is parted into “Jews” and “Greeks”; μωρία becomes σκάνδαλον and μωρία; the κήρυγμα is defined as that of Χριστὸς ἐσταυρωμ...
What has been proved in point of fact, viz., the stultification by the cross of man's wisdom, the Ap. (as in Romans 3:30; Romans 11:29; Galatians 2:6) grounds upon an axiomatic religious principle, th...
THE CROSS GOD'S SAVING POWER 1 Corinthians 1:12 _ Apollos_ had gone straight from Ephesus to Corinth, Acts 19:1. A party gathered around him, especially attracted by his eloquence and intellectual br...
The epistle is to the Church. Its messages are only for those who have been brought into fellowship with Jesus Christ. The character of the Church is indicated in the words, "sanctified in Christ Jesu...
The Crucified Christ Displays God's Wisdom Instead of gospel preaching, the Jews wanted a sign Jesus was the Messiah. McGarvey and Pendleton mention several examples of the Jews' demands for signs (Ma...
Jesus Christ, Wisdom from God So, Paul said, not many of those who would be called wise, or powerful or noblemen followed Jesus. Most uprisings are successful because the upper crust leaders join and...
The Jews, in the mean time, ask for miracles, such as God formerly wrought in their favour, and the Greeks, or the Gentiles, to be converted, expect from us, what they would look upon as the highest p...
“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” The neuter adjectives, τὸ μωρόν, τὸ ἀσθενές, do not denote qualities belonging to the being of God Him...
(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 brin...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_POWER AND WISDOM_ ‘Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.’ 1 Corinthians 1:24 Be careful that you understand those words rightly. Not only that Christ is Divine ‘power’ and Divine ‘wisdom...
25._For the foolishness of God _While the Lord deals with us in such a way as to seem to act foolishly, because he does not exhibit his wisdom, what appears _foolishness _surpasses in _wisdom _all the...
I will now turn back to take up the thread of the contents of this epistle from the beginning. Paul was an apostle by the will of God. That was his authority, however it might be with others. Moreover...
BECAUSE THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD,.... Not that there is any such thing as "foolishness" in God, nor the least degree of weakness in him; but the apostle means that which the men of the world esteem so,...
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. Ver. 25. _Because the foolishness_] The wisest man compared to God, _Simia videbitur, non sapiens, _ sa...
_For the Jews require a sign_ Demand of the apostles, as they did of their Lord, more signs still, after all they have seen already. _And the Greeks_ Or Gentiles; _seek after wisdom_ The depths of phi...
THE FOOLISHNESS-THE WEAKNESS OF GOD; his way of salvation, which to rejecters appears so foolish and incompetent, is shown by facts to be wise and efficacious....
The foolishness of God wiser than men:...
BECAUSE THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD IS WISER THAN MEN, AND THE WEAKNESS OF GOD IS STRONGER THAN MEN. In a series of rhetorical questions the apostle brings out the foolishness of this world's wisdom when c...
Paul writes here as "a called apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God." As such, it is the authoritative word of God he communicates, that which requires the subjection and obedience of all the Chu...
BECAUSE THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD IS WISER THAN MEN; AND THE WEAKNESS OF GOD IS STRONGER THAN MEN. 'Because' -This way that seems foolish to men (1 Corinthians 1:18), is more effective than any idea tha...
17-25 Paul had been bred up in Jewish learning; but the plain preaching of a crucified Jesus, was more powerful than all the oratory and philosophy of the heathen world. This is the sum and substance...
_The foolishness of God is wiser than men; _ the least things that are the products of the wisdom of God, or the contrivance of God for man's salvation, which the sinful and silly world calls _foolish...
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. [The apostle here enlarges the thought of 1 Corinthians 1:18; and describes the two methods by which wor...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book II We, however, know that "the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men."[26] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V Now, what i...
1 Corinthians 1:25 Because G3754 foolishness G3474 God G2316 is G2076 (G5748) than G4680 men G444 and G2532
‘Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.' This verse connects with what is to come (1 Corinthians 1:27), while also connecting with what has gon...
1 Corinthians 1:25. BECAUSE THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD (in the doctrine of the Cross) IS WISER THAN (the wisdom of) MEN; AND THE WEAKNESS OF GOD (in the Gospel) IS STRONGER THAN (the strength of) MEN. It...
SUMMARY. ‘I beseech you, study unity. Instead of this, I hear ye are ranging yourselves into schools and parties, each contending for its favourite preacher as if your salvation hung upon him. Thus is...
THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD (το μωρον του θεου). Abstract neuter singular with the article, the foolish act of God (the Cross as regarded by the world).WISER THAN MEN (σοφωτερον των ανθρωπων). Condense...
In this chapter the apostle magnifies the cross of his Lord, as God's greatest gift to the world; and as the highest glory of God's self-revelation to men. He praises God that the Corinthian Christian...
1, 2. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth,_ -Note the humility of Paul in associating with hi...
I am going to speak about the testimony of the apostle Peter concerning his Lord, but we will first read together part of the writings of his «beloved brother Paul,» that we may see how these eminent...
CONTENTS: Christians' position in grace. The unspiritual condition of the Corinthian saints. Danger of following human leaders and exulting in human wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Sosthenes, A...
1 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, called to be an apostle._ It was proper to mention this, else he would have had no title to address his letter to the Corinthians, and the catholic church, or saints in gener...
FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE. Things are not always what they seem to be! If the _foolishness_ and _weakness_ are God's, these will be _wiser_ and _stronger_ than anything man has!...
_For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel._ PAUL’S PREACHING I. It exalted the Cross of Christ as the central element of the gospel. The apostle does not teach that truths associat...
_Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God stronger than men._ THE GOSPEL AS CONTEMPLATED BY MAN AND EMPLOYED BY GOD I. Its doctrine--is foolishness, yet wiser than m...
RANSLATED AND EDITED BY W. F. COBB, D.D. EDINBURGH: JOHN GRANT 31 George IV. Bridge 1908 SAINT PAUL'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS EDITORS PREFACE In translating the Comments of Cornelius...
_Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men._ That is, say Ambrose and Anselm, the foolishness and weakness of God, or what men think is the foolish...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 1:19.— Isaiah 29:14 (nearly as LXX.), and a free imitation of Isaiah 30:18. FOR.—Sustains the _general drift_ of...
EXPOSITION The oldest superscription was probably, "To the Corinthians, the first (Πρὸς Κορινθίους πρώτη)." This is found in א, A, B, C, D. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1 _The_ _greeting. _An opening salutati...
Let's turn to I Corinthians, chapter 1. Paul introduces himself as the writer with Sosthenes in the first verse. Paul, called an apostle (1 Corinthians 1:1) Notice the words to be are in italics. Th...
1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Kings 20:14; 1 Samuel 17:40;...
The foolishness [τ ο μ ω ρ ο ν]. Lit., the foolish thing. More specific than the abstract mwria foolishness (vers. 18, 21), and pointing to the fact of Christ crucified....
THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH 1 Corinthians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We propose taking several studies from the First Epistle to the Corinthians. There will be much to consider here which should help...