 | James Slade - 1831 - 534 pages
...so in the Apostle's day; and with some bright exceptions, it has been the same in every day: " For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise...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 Story - 1832 - 406 pages
...frequently done much more harm than ever it did good. And as saith the apostle to the gentiles :* " For ye see your calling brethren, how that not many wise...the things which 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... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 434 pages
...the apostle's doctrine. Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after thejlesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God...the things which 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... | |
 | John Davenant, Josiah Allport - 1832 - 612 pages
...is not elegance of manners but innocence of life, not erudition but faith, which commends us to God. Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise...are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, 1 Cor. i. 26. So Augustine heretofore exclaimed, The unlearned arise... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 676 pages
...was chiefly amongst the poor that their ministry was attended with success ; as St. Paul observes : " Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise...are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 580 pages
...Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men ; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For hat it should not be moved. /.•:. xii. 5, 6, 7-...chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the... | |
 | Greg Powe - 2001 - 134 pages
...Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise...confound the things which are mighty; And base things (lowly things) of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which... | |
 | John Gill - 2001 - 358 pages
...your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the ßesh ; not many mighty, not many noblf, are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things...the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath Ood chosen; yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought... | |
 | Robin Sampson - 2009 - 316 pages
...God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:4-5). For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise...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... | |
 | Robert Fitts - 2001 - 124 pages
...men whom He empowered with the Holy Spirit. God loves to use little things and weak things. For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise...not many mighty, not many noble, are called; But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things... | |
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For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, 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... 
