| John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...itself out of his hands. How true are the Apostle's, words ! — ' For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many...are called : 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... | |
| Thomas Rees - 1818 - 548 pages
...You have an instance of the first signification, 1 Cor. i. 26, 27, "You see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many...are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things... | |
| 1818 - 534 pages
...Youhave an instance of the first signification, 1 Cor. i. 26, 27, " You see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many...are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things... | |
| 1818 - 896 pages
...the sup* " Ye see your calling,bretliren,liow that not many u-'ae men elfter theßifh,not пишу mighty, not many noble are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of tbe world to confound the porters of the Bible Society), for •nderstanding tbe Scriptures, is... | |
| 1829 - 828 pages
...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 that are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1831 - 516 pages
...he lives to this day a consistent disciple of Jesus. Truly " God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things that are mighty, and base things of the world and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea and things which are not, to bring to naught... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1820 - 440 pages
...the above passages, I shall only add one more : 1 Cor. i. 26 — 29. Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many...the things that are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are desfiised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to naught... | |
| Francis Atterbury (bp. of Rochester.) - 1820 - 358 pages
...brethren, (says St. Paul, with that rsapfaa-ta, that becoming freedom of speech in which he excels, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many...are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to cpnfound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1820 - 442 pages
...excellencies : For ye see your calling, brethren, •ho-a that not many wise men after theflesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God hath chosen the foolish — the weak — and the base things of this world, to confound the wise, the mighty, 8cc. And all... | |
| Isaac Milner - 1820 - 462 pages
...so it has ever been, in every age : " Not many wise," says the Apostle Paul, "not many mighty, and not many noble, are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of this world to confound the things that are... | |
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