1 Corinthians 1:21

After that [ε π ε ι δ η]. Rev., correctly, seeing that.

By wisdom [δ ι α τ η ς σ ο φ ι α ς]. Better, as Rev., giving the force of the article, "through its wisdom."

Preaching [κ η ρ υ γ μ α τ ο ς]. Not the act, but the substance of preaching. Compare ver. 23.

To save [σ ω σ α ι]. The word was technically used in the Old Testament of deliverance at the Messiah's coming; of salvation from the penalties of the messianic judgment, or from the evils which obstruct the messianic deliverance. See Joel 2:32; Matthew 1:21; compare Acts 2:40. Paul uses it in the ethical sense, to make one a partaker of the salvation which is through Christ. Edwards calls attention to the foregleam of this christian conception of the word in the closing paragraph of Plato's "Republic :" " And thus, Glaucon, the tale has been saved, and has not perished, and will save [σ ω σ ε ι ε ν] us if we are obedient to the word spoken, and we shall pass safely over the river of forgetfulness and our soul will not be defiled. "