 | Pierre Bayle - Biography - 1826 - 434 pages
...sanctilication and redemption ; that, according as it is written, he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with...of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - Apologetics - 1741 - 558 pages
...ftiould have found a Place in fuch Scriptures, as were defigned for the Rule of our Faith : a And /, Brethren, •when I came to you, came not with Excellency of Speech, or of Wifdom^ declaring unto you the tfejlimony of God ; for I determined not to know any Thing among you,... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - Grace (Theology) - 1765 - 332 pages
...them that believe f." He alfo profefles that his practice had. always been conformed to this rule, " And I brethren, when I " came to you, came not with excellency of " fpeech or of wifdom, declaring unto you the " teftimony of God J. And my fpeech and my '' preaching... | |
 | William Dell - Theology - 1773 - 628 pages
...learning all this while, fo in i Cor. ii, he plainly renounces it, and rejects it; faying, Ver. i . And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency offpeecb or wifdom, declaring unto you the teftimoTfy cf God. Ver. 2. For I determined net to know... | |
 | Missions - 1804 - 664 pages
...assistance : for the Apostle says to the Corinthians, " I came not to you with excellency of speech :"—" and my speech, and my preaching, was not with enticing words of mens' wisdom." That the Gospel of Jesus disdains the assistance of eloquence, in a certain sense; I... | |
 | William Paley - Bible - 1796 - 448 pages
...No. No. II. Our epiftle purports to have been written, after St. Paul had already been at Corinth ; " I, brethren, when I came to you, came not " with excellency of fpeech or of wifdom" (ii. i): and in many other places to the fame effect. It purports alfo to have... | |
 | Methodist episcopal church - 1798 - 192 pages
...not riches, honours, or p'' afures, gain or applaufe ; I afk only for the falvation of fouls ! ' " And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of fpaech, or of wifdom, declaring unto yon the teftimony of C'od. For I determined not to know any thing... | |
 | 310 pages
...preaching in conformity with the passage in 1 Cor. ii. 1 — 5 ? " And I, brethren, when I came to yon, came not with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with... | |
 | 1805 - 590 pages
...them : " My brethren," saith the apostle, " I came not with the excellency of speech or of wisdom, and my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power ; that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of... | |
 | 1806 - 500 pages
...Christ. The other text in which 1 shall instance, is in 1. Cor. ii. 4/; where the Apostle sa-lth, " my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in de^ iritiiistration of the Spirit, and of power." This text is usually applied by the Dissenters... | |
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And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power; that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 
