 | William Alexander - 1839 - 434 pages
...have assigned as a reason : — "For Christ sent me NOT to baptize ; but to preach the gos-' pel ; 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 us which are saved it... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - 1839 - 56 pages
...speaks distinctly. "Christ sent me," says he, " not to baptize, but to preach the gospel : not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect." " And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech, ot of wisdom, declaring... | |
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - 1842 - 366 pages
...Cor. 1, In the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians ; Christ sent not~V. ' me to preach, not in wisdom of words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made of none effect ; for the word of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto them which are saved it is... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1840 - 468 pages
...philosophy, or for natural sagacity and genius, as the preachers of his gospel: " Christ (says he) 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 to us who are saved, it is... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...of Stephanabesides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Chris: 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. " For the preach- '» When men term religion foBr, ing of the cross is to them wno 8haU wonder that... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1840 - 790 pages
...he had baptized any others, the number was ' small. VEB. 17. For Christ sent me not to baptize, hut to preach the gospel : not with wisdom" of words,'...the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. ice. ii. 1,4,13. * or. speech. For Christ sent me not to baptize. — That i«, not to baptize as my... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1840 - 498 pages
...is, perhaps, the fullest on this subject. " Christ sent me (J says the apostle) not to baptize, but 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 to us who are saved, it is... | |
 | Julius Charles Hare - 1840 - 412 pages
...not this so, what would be the meaning of St Paul's declaration (1 Cor. i. 17), that he had been sent to preach the Gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should le made of no effect. Had the purpose for which he was to preach the Gospel been chiefly to convince... | |
 | 1840 - 644 pages
...whether 1 baptized any other. 17 For Christ sent roe not to baptize, but to preach tin- gospel : not A with wisdom of words,! lest the cross of Christ should be made uf none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them • that perish foolishness f; but unto... | |
 | Robert Emory - 1841 - 400 pages
...and of power ; that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. For Christ sent me to preach the gospel, not with wisdom...the cross of Christ should be made of none effect." Hear his reason, my brethren ; and mark it well. It unfolds to you at once the whole principle of the... | |
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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. 
