1 Corinthians 1:19 (WEB)
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”
Fathers and councils · 11
Jerome
““I will destroy,” it is said, “the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 19.
Read the whole comment“For I have known that it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent,” and “the foolishness of God is wiser than men.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 14, as quoted by Paul, 1 Cor. i. 19.
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Leo the Great
“Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the inquirer of this age? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 17–20.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Because the weakness of God is stronger than men, and the foolishness of God is wiser than men.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 17–25.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 19–25.
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Tertullian
“And then, that we may know from whence this comes, he adds: “For it is written, ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.’”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 19, from Isa. xxix. 14.
Read the whole comment“For “God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise”—that God, no doubt, who in reference to this very dispensation of His threatened long before that He would “destroy the wisdom of the wise.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 14, quoted 1 Cor. i. 19; comp. Jer. viii. 9 and Job v. 12, 13.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Of these and the like, who devote their attention to empty words, the divine Scripture most excellently says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 14; 1 Cor. i. 19.
Read the whole comment““Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” which is equivalent to, showed it to be foolish, and not true, as they thought.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 19, 20.
Read the whole comment“And again, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent,” plainly of those wise in their own eyes, and disputatious.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 19.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Because the Jews desire signs, and the Greeks seek for wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling-block, and to the Gentiles foolishness; but to them that are called, Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 17–24.
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Cross-references · 17
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.70.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.70 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.70 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in Letters Letter 158.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in Letters Letter 158.
Cited together in Letters Letter 158.
Cited together in Letters Letter 158.
Cited together in Letters Letter 158.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Cited together in The City of God X.27 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 158.