1 Corinthians 1:29

God's purposes in choosing the refuse of society are gathered up into the general and salutary design, revealed in Scripture (see parls.), “that so no flesh may glory in God's presence” (a condens quotation) = πάντα εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ (1 Corinthians 10:31). For ὅπως, which carries to larger issue the intentions stated in the previous clauses, cf. 2 Corinthians 8:14; 2 Thessalonians 1:12. Two Hebraisms, characteristic of the LXX, here: μὴ … πᾶσα (khôl … lo'), for μηδεμία; and σάρξ (bâsâr), for humanity in its mortality or sinfulness. Cf., for this rule of Divine action, 2 Corinthians 12:9 f.; also Plato, Ion, 534 E, ἵνα μὴ διστάζωμεν ὅτι οὐκ ἀνθρώπινά ἐστι τὰ καλὰ ταῦτα ποιήματα οὐδὲ ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλὰ θεῖα καὶ θεῶν … ὁ θεὸς ἐξεπίτηδες διὰ τοῦ φαυλοτάτου ποιητοῦ τὸ κάλλιστον μέλος ᾖσεν.