| John R. W. Stott - 1961 - 132 pagini
...conversion, but from his own experience as a preacher. When I came to you, brethren, he continues, / did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom (v. 1). He did not rely for effect in his preaching either on his own wisdom or on his own power in... | |
| John Howard Schütz - 1975 - 328 pagini
...tendency in Corinth. Paul is at pains to make the cross the very focus of the gospel in Corinth : ' I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified ' (2 : 2 ; cf. i : 23) . The phrase is not merely a casual designation of the Christian preaching in... | |
| G. C. Berkouwer - 1975 - 384 pagini
...conscious of this centralization, mindful of that word of Paul which clearly indicated the center: "For 1 decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified" (I Cor. 2:2) . As is clear from all his preaching (eg, 1 Tim. 1:15; II Tim. 2:8) , Paul does not have... | |
| Thomas N. Hart - 1980 - 136 pagini
...employment quite as baffling as his. Again Paul speaks of it: When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of...nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling; and my speech and my message were not... | |
| Johan Christiaan Beker - 484 pagini
...resurrection of Christ would have helped him in his argument in chapters 1 and 2. Paul's firm resolution "For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified" (1 Cor. 2:2), which constitutes the heart of his gospel, is virtually ignored in chapter 15. Because... | |
| Allan Starling - 1981 - 276 pagini
...across every cultural barrier. Paul said, "We are the ambassadors of Christ," II Corinthians 5:20; "For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (I Corinthians 2:2). He also said, "Consider your call, brethren, not many of you were wise according... | |
| Joseph J. Allen - 1981 - 236 pagini
...out in the night before Thee! The prokeimenon is followed by the reading of 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:2 ("I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified") and a long selection of passion narratives from Matthew, Luke, and John. As soon as these readings... | |
| Peter F. Ellis - 1982 - 302 pagini
...sanctification and redemption; 31 therefore, as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord." 2:1 When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming...you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. 2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 'And I was with you... | |
| Leonhard Goppelt - 1982 - 380 pagini
...and not as the eschatological martyrprophet (Acts 3:13; 4:27). For Paul Christ was the crucified One. "For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified" (I Cor. 2:2). R. Bultmann laid decisive emphasis upon this aspect. In his view, for Paul the whole... | |
| Fred O. Francis, J. Paul Sampley - 1984 - 420 pagini
...never been told of him, and they shall understand who have never heard of him." 1 Cor 2: 1-5 (§76) 'When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming...you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. 2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 'And I was with you... | |
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