 | Martin Luther, Erasmus Middleton - 1833 - 586 pages
...absurdity and inconveniency, if the offence ot the cross should cease. After the same manner he speaketh, " Christ sent me to preach the gospel, not with wisdom...the cross of Christ should be made of none effect," (1 Cor. i. 17.) As if he said, I would not that the offence and cross of Christ should be abolished.... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 636 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, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none t-'tiect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us which are... | |
 | 1833 - 804 pages
...words, but let words always be at the service of the teacher. This, indeed, is what the apostle says : " Not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect."1 To the same purpose also, he says to Timothy : " Charging them before the I-iord that they... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 pages
...Stephanas ; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 17 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. PAUL REPBOVETH THEIR DISSENSIONS. 1 CORINTHIANS in. — 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you... | |
 | Elias Hicks - 1834 - 244 pages
...Stephanus : besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 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." 1 Cor. i. 14, 15, 16, 17. Now if it be as Paul declares, that Christ sent him not to baptize, how can... | |
 | 1834 - 640 pages
...of the infirmity of your flesh,"t — and to the Corinthians, " Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the gospel ; not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect."J The diction of the Scriptures, nevertheless, is by no means so perplexed or inelegant as... | |
 | Francis Close - 1834 - 462 pages
...this ordinance in dignity even above the sacrament of baptism.* " Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel : not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness : but unto us which... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1835 - 740 pages
...economy, imitated tin's example in his preaching to the Gentiles. .He says to the Greeks of Corinth, " Christ sent me to preach the Gospel, not with wisdom...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 it... | |
 | 1835 - 206 pages
...the power of God. In the preceding verse the apostle affirms that Christ sent him not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest...the cross of Christ should be made of none effect: and lest the power and results of his preaching should be attributed to the eloquence of speech, and... | |
 | 1852 - 1000 pages
...as a father in Christ, sought to instruct Timothy, his dearly beloved SOD, in the faith and hope of the gospel ; " not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect," but " in demonstration of the Spirit and of power." His course of instruction would on the one hand... | |
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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. 
