It is written] Quoted from the LXX version of Isaiah 29:14; Isaiah 21. By wisdom] The Greeks learned nothing of His character from nature or speculation, and the Jews failed to recognise the truth taught in their history and in their law (cp. Romans 1:2). The foolishness of preaching] St. Paul, of course, is writing sarcastically. Yes! you call it folly; but it is wiser than all your wisdom!
Verse 19. _FOR IT IS WRITTEN_] The place referred to is Isaiah 29:14. _I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE_] των σοφων, Of _wise_ _men_-of the _philosophers_ who in their investigations seek nothi...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN - This passage is quoted from Isaiah 29:14. The Hebrew of the passage, as rendered in the English version is, “the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of 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
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...
AN APOSTOLIC INTRODUCTION (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)...
IS. has been. The reference is to Isaiah 29:14. App-107. DESTROY. Greek. _apollumi_, as in 1 Corinthians 1:18. BRING TO NOTHING. annul. Greek. _atheteo._ See John 12:48. understand
_For it is written_ In Isaiah 29:14....
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...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ ΓΆΡ. In Isaiah 29:14. ΤῊΝ ΣΎΝΕΣΙΝ ΤΩ͂Ν ΣΥΝΕΤΩ͂Ν. The distinction between σύνεσις and σοφία is said by Cremer in his Lexicon to be that between _reflective_ and _productive_ thinking. Rather...
GOD’S MESSAGE NOT INTENDED TO FLATTER THE PRIDE OF MAN...
_THE PREACHING OF THE SON OF GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-24:_ The message of the cross and redemption by blood seems foolish to many that are lost. Satan lost the battle and sin was defeated by the death o...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. _Perf._ выражает авторитетный характер писания: "остается написанным" (ММ), ΆΠΟΛΏ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΌΛΛΥΜΙ (G622) уничтожать, разрушать (GELT...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN, I WILL DESTROY, &C.— See Isaiah 29:11, &c. and Isaiah 33:17. By the words _wise, scribe, disputer,_ the Apostle probably meant persons most eminent for their learning and sagacity,...
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...
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...
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. I WILL DESTROY - slightly altered from the Septuagint, . The Hebrew is, 'The wi...
1 This is not the first time the apostle has written to the Corinthians. He had written a letter to them (1Co_5:9) and they had written one in return (1Co_7:1). This epistle is partly a reply to their...
1:19 written, (b-4) See Isaiah 29:14 ....
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...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN. — This is a further explanation of why the word of the gospel, and not the word of merely human wisdom, is “the power of God.” The quotation which follows consists of two passages i...
CHAPTER 3 THE FACTIONS THE first section of this Epistle, extending from the tenth verse of the first chapter to the end of the fourth chapter, is occupied with an endeavour to quench the factious sp...
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...
As concerns “the perishing,” the above sentence agrees with God's ways of judgment as revealed in Scripture: γέγραπται γάρ κ. τ. λ. The quotation Ἀπολῶ κ. τ. λ. (suggested by τ. ἀπολλυμένοις) belongs...
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 Foolishness of Preaching To those who are worldly minded, the preaching of the gospel is silly and absurd. To those who "are being saved" (footnote ASV) the gospel is mighty, like dynamite. The Gr...
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...
(22) For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. (22) The apostle proves that this should not seem strange, seeing that it was...
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will confound the false and mistaken wisdom of the great and wise philosophers, of the learned doctors or scribes, of the curious searchers of the secrets of n...
“For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will set aside the understanding of the prudent.” Isaiah, Isaiah 29:14, had declared at the time when Sennacherib was threatening Judah,...
BODY OF THE EPISTLE. 1:10-15:58. I. The Parties in the Church of corinth. 1:10-4:21. EWALD has well stated the reason why the apostle puts this subject first, of all those he has to treat in his Ep...
(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...
_THE RELIGION OF REDEMPTION_ ‘The preaching of the Cross.’ 1 Corinthians 1:18 Christianity is the religion of redemption; it is for that reason that the Apostle gives as the motto and the summary o...
19._For it is written_, etc. He shows still farther, from the testimony of Isaiah, how unreasonable a thing it is that the truth of the gospel should be regarded with prejudice on the ground that 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...
AS IT IS WRITTEN,.... The passage referred to is in Isaiah 29:14 where it is read, "the wisdom of their wise men shall perish; and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid"; and is rendere...
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Ver. 19. _For it is written_] Thus the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New, whi...
_The preaching of the cross_ The doctrine of the crucifixion of the Son of God, to expiate the sins of mankind, and procure salvation for such as should believe in him; _is to them that perish_ By obs...
IT IS WRITTEN; ISAIAH 29:14; Isaiah 33:18; JEREMIAH 8:9. DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE; show that worldly wisdom and efforts could never effect the salvation of men....
FOR IT IS WRITTEN, I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND WILL BRING TO NOTHING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRUDENT. The apostle here characterizes his office, trying to make it clear to the Corinthi...
THE WISDOM OF GOD AND THE FOOLISHNESS OF MEN. The foolishness of the Gospel-message:...
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...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN,. WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE DISCERNMENT OF THE DISCERNING WILL. BRING TO NOUGHT. 'For it is written'. Isaiah 2:14 The gospel message, is simply one more example...
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...
What Isaiah said of the wise men among the Jews in his time, is applicable to the wise men among the heathen, God will destroy their wisdom, and make their understanding appear to be no better than fo...
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I Of these and the like, who devote their attention to empty words, the divine Scripture most excellently says, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring t...
1 Corinthians 1:19 For G1063 written G1125 (G5769) destroy G622 (G5692) wisdom G4678 wise G4680 And G2532
CHRIST CRUCIFIED FOR US AND THE NEW BIRTH THROUGH THE SPIRIT ARE THE TWO CENTRAL FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIANITY (1:10-4:21). Paul begins this section by revealing his concern that the Corinthians are in...
‘For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject”.' Paul now turns to Scripture to prove his point. The verse is cited from Isaiah 29:14 (LXX)....
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...
1 Corinthians 1:19. For it is written (Isaiah 29:14, nearly as in LXX.), I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent will I reject. The ‘wise' are those who pride themselves...
I WILL DESTROY (απολω). Future active indicative of απολλυμ. Attic future for απολεσω. Quotation from Isaiah 29:14 (LXX). The failure of worldly statesmanship in the presence of Assyrian invasion Pa...
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...
1. _Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,_ This brother had been put to great shame. He was beaten before the judgment-seat, if you remembe...
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...
I WILL DESTROY. Isaiah 29:14_ Septuagint._ It is not wisdom and scholarship which saves, but God's power!...
_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...
_For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise._ TRUE WISDOM The discovery of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy. (_Vol...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1:10 Divisions over Christian Preachers. The Corinthians’ pride has led them to value appearance and powerful speaking over the genuine work of the Spirit....
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...
_For it is written._ This is from Isaiah 29:14, where, following the Hebrew, the verbs are transitive, but the sense is the same. Note that Paul refers to the whole circle of worldly wisdom what the P...
_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 3:19; Isaiah 19:11; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 29:14; Jere
I will destroy, etc. Cited literally from the Septuagint, Isaiah 29:14, except that the Septuagint has kruyw I will conceal, instead of I will reject. The Hebrew reads : "The wisdom of its (Judah 's)...
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...
For it is written — And the words are remarkably applicable to this great event. Isaiah 29:14...