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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:25

The foolishness of God is wiser, etc. - The meaning of these strong expressions is, that the things of God's appointment, which seem to men foolishness, are infinitely beyond the highest degree of human wisdom; and those works of God, which appear to superficial observers weak and contemptible, surpass all the efforts of human power. The means which God has appointed for the salvation of men are so wisely imagined and so energetically powerful, that all who properly use them shall be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:26

Ye see your calling - Την κλησιν . The state of grace and blessedness to which ye are invited. I think, βλεπετε την κλησιν , etc., should be read in the imperative: Take heed to, or consider your calling, brethren; that ( ὁτι ) not many of you are wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble: men is not in the original, and Paul seems to allude to the Corinthian believers in particular. This seems to have been said in opposition to the high and worldly notions of the Jews,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:27

But God hath chosen the foolish things - God has chosen by means of men who are esteemed rude and illiterate to confound the greatest of the Greek philosophers, and overturn their systems; and, by means of men weak, without secular power or authority, to confound the scribes and Pharisees, and in spite of the exertions of the Jewish sanhedrin, to spread the doctrine of Christ crucified all over the land of Judea, and by such instruments as these to convert thousands of souls to the faith of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:28

And base things - and things which are despised - It is very likely that the apostle refers here to the Gentiles and to the Gentile converts, who were considered base and despicable in the eyes of the Jews, who counted them no better than dogs, and who are repeatedly called the things that are not. By these very people, converted to Christianity, God has brought to nought all the Jewish pretensions; and by means of the Gentiles themselves, he has annihilated the whole Jewish polity; so that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:29

That no flesh should glory - God does his mighty works in such a way as proves that though he may condescend to employ men as instruments, yet they have no part either in the contrivance or energy by which such works are performed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:30

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus - Even the good which you possess is granted by God, for it is by and through him that Christ Jesus comes, and all the blessings of the Gospel dispensation. Who of God is made unto us wisdom - As being the author of that evangelical wisdom which far excels the wisdom of the philosopher and the scribe, and even that legal constitution which is called the wisdom of the Jews, Deuteronomy 4:6 . And righteousness - Δικαιοσυνη , Justification, as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:31

According as it is written - In Jeremiah 9:23 , Jeremiah 9:24 ; : Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might; let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glorieth glory in this: That he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord, which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth. So then, as all good is of and from God, let him that has either wisdom, strength, riches, pardon,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:25

Verse 25 25.For the foolishness of God While the Lord deals with us in such a way as to seem to act foolishly, because he does not exhibit his wisdom, what appears foolishness surpasses in wisdom all the ingenuity of men. Farther, while God appears to act with weakness, in consequence of his concealing his power, that weakness, as it is reckoned, is stronger than any power of men. We must, however, always keep it in view, that there is a concession, as I have noticed a little ago. For no one... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:26

Verse 26 26.Behold your calling. As the mood of the Greek verb ( βλέπετε) is doubtful, and the indicative suits the context equally as well as the imperative, I leave it to the reader’s choice which of them he may prefer. The meaning is manifestly the same in either case, for supposing it to be the indicative (ye see,) he would in that case summon them as witnesses — as of a thing that is manifest, and call them forward as it were to a thing that is present. On the other hand, understanding it... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:28

Verse 28 28.Things that are not He makes use of similar terms in Romans 4:17, but in a different sense. For in that passage, when describing the universal call of the pious, he says, that we are nothing previously to our being called, which must be understood as referring to reality in the sight of God, however we may appear to be something in the eyes of men. Here, the nothingness ( οὐδενεια) of which he speaks must be viewed as referring to the opinion of men, as is manifest from the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:28

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