1 Corinthians 1:21
For in God's wisdom the world, with all its wisdom, did not come to know him. So it was God's good pleasure to save those who believe through the message we preach, foolishness though it seems.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 6 — Redemption for Man Lost to Be Sought in Christ cites 1 Cor. 1:21
…knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe,” (1 Cor. 1:21). By the “wisdom of God,” he designates this magnificent theatre of heaven and earth…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
The Heart and the Head cites 1 CORINTHIANS 1:21
…knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:21 God’s light on the soul The clearest example of her teaching on the heart and the head is…
- The Key Teachings of Martyn Lloyd-Jones ·
Logic on Fire cites 1 CORINTHIANS 1:21
…knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:21 He was writing against the tide. In the 1960s many were saying that the age of preaching…
- Holiness ·
Christ Is All cites 1 Cor. i. 21
…that man, left to himself, was utterly corrupt. “The world, by wisdom, knew not God.” (1 Cor. i. 21.) Excepting a few despised Jews in a corner of the earth, the whole world was dead in…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Holy Spirit as a Teacher cites 1 Corinthians 1:19-21
…to the Corinthians, especially the first to the third chapters. (See, for example, 1 Corinthians 1:19-21, 26, and 27.) The Jews of old had a revelation by the Spirit, but they failed to depend…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the First cites 1 Cor. i. 17-31
…who is both God and man! Nay it is rather offended at such a saying, as Paul affirms. (1 Cor. i. 17-31.) so far is it from possibility that it should either will it, or believe it. John…