1 Corinthians 1:22 (WEB)
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
Fathers and councils · 11
Ambrose of Milan
“In and after the flesh, therefore, He hung, and for this cause He, Who bore our curses, became a curse.” — editor's note: This it is that has constituted the “offence of the Cross.”—Gal. v. 11; 1 Cor. i. 22.
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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. 22–25.
Read the whole comment“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.
Read the whole comment“…world, and things that are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, as though they were things that are, to bring to nought things that are.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 20–28.
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John Cassian
“But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, to the Gentiles foolishness: but to them that are saved, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 22–24.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 20–25.
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Tertullian
““Because the Jews require signs,” who ought to have already made up their minds about God, “and the Greeks seek after wisdom,” who rely upon their own wisdom, and not upon God’s.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 22.
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Clement of Alexandria
““For the Hebrews seek signs,” as the apostle says, “and the Greeks seek after wisdom.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 22.
Read the whole comment“…their heart;” since “in the wisdom of God,” that is, as proclaimed by the prophets, “the world knew not,” in the wisdom “which spake by the prophets,” “Him,” that is, God,—“it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching”—what seemed to the Greeks foolishness—“to save them that believe.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 21–24; where the reading is Θεόν not Αὐτόν.
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Cyprian of Carthage
““Because the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling-block, and to the Gentiles foolishness; but to them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 22–24.
Read the whole comment“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 · 10
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.70.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.70.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.70.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.
Cited together in The City of God X.27.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.18.