1Cor 1:21-24 | TSK | e4.org | in ; ; ; the wisdom Dr. Lightfoot well observes, "that σοφια , του , Θεου , the wisdom of God, is not to be understood of that wisdom which had God for its author, but of that wisdom which had God for its object. There was, among the heathen, σοφια , της φυσεως , wisdom about natural things, that is philosophy; and σοφια , του , Θεου , wisdom about God, that is, divinity. But the world, in its divinity, could not, by wisdom, know God." The wisest of the heathen had no just and correct views of the Divine nature; of which the works of Cicero and Lucretius are incontestable proofs. the world ; ; , the foolishness

‏ 1 Corinthians 1:21-24

in 1Cor 1:24; Dan 2:20; Rom 11:33; Eph 3:10

the wisdom Dr. Lightfoot well observes, "that σοφια G4678, του G5120, Θεου G2316, the wisdom of God, is not to be understood of that wisdom which had God for its author, but of that wisdom which had God for its object. There was, among the heathen, σοφια G4678, της φυσεως, wisdom about natural things, that is philosophy; and σοφια G4678, του G5120, Θεου G2316, wisdom about God, that is, divinity. But the world, in its divinity, could not, by wisdom, know God." The wisest of the heathen had no just and correct views of the Divine nature; of which the works of Cicero and Lucretius are incontestable proofs.

the world Matt 11:25; Luke 10:21; Rom 1:20-22, Rom 1:28

the foolishness 1Cor 1:18

the Jews Matt 12:38-39, Matt 16:1-4; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16, Luke 11:20; John 2:18, John 4:28

the Greeks Acts 17:18-21

we 1Cor 1:18, 1Cor 2:2; Luke 24:46-47; Acts 7:32-35, Acts 10:39-43; 2Cor 4:5; Gal 3:1, Gal 6:14; Eph 3:8

unto the Jews Isa 8:14-15; Matt 11:6, Matt 13:57; Luke 2:34; John 6:53-66; Rom 9:32-33; Gal 5:11; 1Pet 2:8

foolishness 1Cor 1:28, 1Cor 2:14

called 1Cor 1:2, 1Cor 1:9; Luke 7:35; Rom 8:28-30, Rom 9:24

the power 1Cor 1:18; Rom 1:4, Rom 1:16

the wisdom 1Cor 1:30; Prov 8:1, Prov 8:22-30; Col 2:3