 | James Stuart M. Anderson - 1829 - 776 pages
...studies, their human wisdom, which is, in direct opposition to the gospel, a work of the law. Paul says Christ sent me, — to preach the gospel : not with...the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. (1 Cor. i. 17.) Now this wisdom of words is — human acquirements, with which the gospel has nothing... | |
 | Samuel Hinds - 1829 - 412 pages
...whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed"." " Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect0." " God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1829 - 444 pages
...Stephanas; hesides, I know not whether I haptized any other. 17 For Christ sent me not to haptize, hut to preach the gospel : not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should he made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness ; hut... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1830 - 364 pages
...the evangelical pastor it is wholly otherwise : " Jesus Christ," he is able to say with St. Paul, " sent me to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words,...the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is, to them that perish, foolishness: but unto us, which are saved,... | |
 | Richard Lloyd - 1830 - 412 pages
...me into that pulpit ; give me to see in what sense I am to understand those words of the Apostle, ' not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect * ; ' and how far they are applicable to my preaching before such an audience, — and may nothing... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1831 - 334 pages
...Paul says of himself and his own acquirements, in order that he might magnify the grace of his Lord: " Christ sent me to preach the gospel, not with wisdom...the cross of Christ should be made of none effect." 1 Cor. i. 17. " I came to you—not with excellency of speech, or of wisdom." " We have received, not... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 512 pages
...said, ' Christ sent him not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, (1 Cor. i. 14. 17.) not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.' And John the Baptist was prophesied of by Isaiah, before his coming, Isaiah xl. 3. ' I indeed baptize... | |
 | Elias Hicks - 1832 - 464 pages
...the gospel are all called and commissioned by his spirit, and clothed with his power and authority to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest...the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto such as are saved it is... | |
 | Eleazer Sherman - 1832 - 308 pages
...important patt of my subject. Paul in his first epistle to the Corinthians, says, he was sent to preach, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For says he, the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but unto us which are... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 908 pages
...baptÍ2cd any other. 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel : not with wiwiora of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. Observe here, 1. That though baptizing were God's ordinance, and St. Paul, at Christ's minister, had... | |
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For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel : not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 
