Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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Barnes' Notes
Where is the wise? - Language similar to this occurs in Isa 33:18, “Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?” Without designing to quote these words as having…
Adam Clarke
Where is the wise - the scribe - the disputer of this world? - These words most manifestly refer to the Jews; as the places (Isa 29:14; Isa 33:18; Isa 44:25) to which he refers cannot be understood of…
We have here,
I. The manner in which Paul preached the gospel, and the cross of Christ: Not with the wisdom of words (Co1 1:17), the enticing words of man's wisdom (Co1 2:4), the flourish of oratory,…
Cambridge Bible
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? i.e. "the wise generally, the Jewish scribe, the Greek disputer." Dean Alford. "The words -of this world" apply not to the…
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