 | Erich Fromm - 1963 - 232 pagini
...were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the...strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are." (I Cor. 1 126-28 )38 But although the... | |
 | John R. W. Stott - 1961 - 132 pagini
...in human folly. Therefore He has seldom chosen the naturally wise and powerful among men. Instead, God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the...strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are (w. 27, 28). Why? Paul goes on at once... | |
 | Harry R. Boer - 1976 - 204 pagini
...were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the...strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in... | |
 | Adrien Nocent - 1977 - 420 pagini
...values. Yet, "has not God chosen those who are poor in the world. . . ?" Paul says the same thing to the Corinthians: "God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise . . ." (1 Cor. 1:27-29). The whole of the Old Testament is very much concerned with the poor, and the... | |
 | John Saward - 1980 - 264 pagini
...whom it is preached are weak too. God chooses the most unlikely candidates to fulfil his purposes. but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the...strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not ['mere nobodies'], to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being... | |
 | Donald MacKenzie MacKinnon - 1982 - 272 pagini
...however paradoxical, even ridiculous in its smallness, that challenge could superficially appear. For ' God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the...strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are'.io We may have grave doubts about the... | |
 | Walter Brueggemann - 1982 - 412 pagini
...to conclude the Abraham story! The Jacob Narrative: The Conflicted Call of God GENESIS 25: 19 -36:43 God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the...strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, so that no human being might boast... | |
 | Peter F. Ellis - 1982 - 302 pagini
...were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; "but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the...chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, 28God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things... | |
 | Walter Riggans - 1983 - 268 pagini
...until he has to use "asses" to stop us. We are reminded again of Paul's words in 1 Cor. 1:27-29: But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the...strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world ... so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. Balaam repents and offers to return... | |
 | M. Conrad Hyers - 1984 - 220 pagini
...were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the...strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in... | |
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God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might... 
