God purposely chose. The Greek philosophers were saying that the gospel was nonsense and weakness. Paul imitates their language and turns it against them! The pride of the cultured and ruling classes of paganism was to be put to shame by the powers and blessings which Christianity gave to its social outcasts.
Verse 27. _BUT GOD HATH CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS_] God has chosen by means of men who are esteemed _rude_ and _illiterate_ to confound the greatest of the Greek _philosophers_, and overturn their _s...
BUT GOD HATH CHOSEN - The fact of their being in the church at all was the result of his choice. It was owing entirely to his grace. THE FOOLISH THINGS - The things esteemed foolish among people. The...
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)...
Brothers, just look at the way in which you have been called. You can see at once that not many wise men--by human standards--not many powerful men, not many high-born men have been called. But God ha...
HATH CHOSEN. chose. Greek. _eklegomai._ See Acts 1:2. TO. in order to. Greek. _hina_. confound. put to shame. Greek. _kataischuno._ See Romans 5:5....
_to confound_ Literally TO DISGRACE, BRING TO SHAME. That which is disgraced can have no ground for self-glorification....
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...
ἘΞΕΛΈΞΑΤΟ. SELECTED. The preposition denotes selection from among a number; the voice denotes the purpose for which God called them, i. e. to do His work; the tense denotes the act of choice itself....
GOD’S MESSAGE NOT INTENDED TO FLATTER THE PRIDE OF MAN...
ΈΞΕΛΈΞΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med._ (_indir. med._ "для себя") ΕΚΛΈΓΟΜΑΙ (G1586) подбирать, избирать, выбирать для себя (GGBB, 421). ΚΑΤΑΙΣΧΎΝΗ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΙΣΧΎΝΩ (G2617) стыдить, унижать, срам...
DISCOURSE: 1931 THE OBJECTS OF GOD’S CALL 1 Corinthians 1:26. 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 chose...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Unity Occasions Glory to God Alone (1 Corinthians 1:26-31) 26 For consider your call, brethren, not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not...
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...
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 things which are mighty; THE FOOLISH THINGS - a general ph...
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...
1:27 wise; (g-18) Or 'those that are wise,' alluding to ver. 26. the word is masculine....
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...
PARAPHRASE. 'Look at the state of matters in your own Church. There are few among you eminent in the eyes of the world. (27-29) But it is just what is weak and lowly and of no account according to wor...
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...
FOOLISH THINGS. — The neuter is used probably for the purpose of generalising, and it expresses the qualities of the men whom God has chosen — “the wise” is masculine in the Greek, showing that it is...
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...
§ 5. THE OBJECTS OF THE GOSPEL CALL. § 4 has shown that the Gospel does not come ἐν σοφίᾳ λόγου (1 Corinthians 1:17 b) by _the method of its operation;_ this will further be evidenced by _the status o...
“Nay, but (ἀλλά, the _but_ of exclusion) the foolish … the weak … the base-born things of the world God did choose out (when He chose you).” ἐξελέξατο (_selected, picked out for Himself_) is equivalen...
GOD'S GLORY IN MEN'S WEAKNESS 1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Corinthians 2:1 Like the sons of Jesse before Samuel, so do the successive regiments on which the world relies pass before Christ. The wise, the mi...
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...
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...
Vocation, is here used for the called, as Romans iii. 30. circumcision for the circumcised, (Romans xi. 7.) election for the elect. (Bible de Vence) --- Consider you manner of being called; not many,...
“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 things which are mighty; 28. and base things of the world, a...
(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...
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...
BUT GOD HATH CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD,.... So the Jews, in distinction from their wise Rabbins and doctors, call others, טפשין דעלמא, "the fools of the world" p; the persons whom God mad...
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 things which are mighty; Ver. 27. _But God hath chosen_] In...
1 Cor. 1:27. "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things to confound the things which are mighty." God, by this method, shows Satan t...
_But God hath chosen the foolish things_ Or, supplying the word προσωπα, _the foolish persons of the world._ Such persons as are of little esteem in the world, for want of learning, parts, eloquence,...
THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD-WEAK THINGS; those men and instrumentalities in this world which unbelievers regard as foolish and weak. So also BASE THINGS and THINGS WHICH ARE DESPISED. THINGS WHICH...
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 THINGS WHICH ARE MIGHTY;...
The status of the believers:...
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...
BUT GOD CHOSE THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD, THAT HE MIGHT PUT TO SHAME THEM THAT ARE WISE; AND GOD CHOSE THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD, THAT HE MIGHT PUT TO SHAME THE THINGS THAT ARE STRONG;...
26-31 God did not choose philosophers, nor orators, nor statesmen, nor men of wealth, and power, and interest in the world, to publish the gospel of grace and peace. He best judges what men and what...
God hath even amongst you chosen persons that are in the account of the world as foolish things, to put the wise to shame; and persons of weak esteem, to confound those that are mighty in the repute o...
but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world [Psalms 8:2; John 2:5], _that he might put to shame the things...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V are not), "to bring to nothing things which are" (that is, which really are).[228] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V But how remote is our (Catholic) verity from th...
1 Corinthians 1:27 But G235 God G2316 chosen G1586 (G5668) things G3474 world G2889 to G2443 shame G2617
LET THEM CONSIDER WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THEM (1:26-31). ‘For look at your calling, brothers, how that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called....
1 Corinthians 1:27. BUT GOD CHOSE THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD THAT HE MIGHT put TO SHAME THEM THAT ARE WISE. There is here a significant transition from the _neuter_ of the one class to the _mascu...
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...
GOD CHOSE (εξελεξατο ο θεος). First aorist middle of εκλεγω, old verb to pick out, to choose, the middle for oneself. It expands the idea in κλησιν (verse 1 Corinthians 1:26). Three times this sole...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
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...
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...
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 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...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:27 GOD CHOSE WHAT IS WEAK... TO SHAME THE STRONG. See 1 Samuel 2:1;...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:26 Those who believed the gospel were FOOLISH by the world’s standards. God transformed them into his people by saving them. They must not boast in ancestry, acco...
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...
_But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise._ The words "foolish, weak, base," form a climax, and are used by S. Paul to describe the faithful who had been called to Chri...
_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...
2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Corinthians 4:7;...
Hath chosen. The threefold repetition of the word emphasizes the deliberate and free action of God's gracious will....
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...