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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:23:37 -0400
From:         "DOUGL, APPARENTLY." <STCHRI@SSCVAX.CIS.MCMASTER.CA>
Subject:      Re: before birth...

Ruth:

Late in this chapter Paul makes an interesting assertion...

that God is philosophically playful [that is, that
he set up the world to confound the wise].

This is certainly an interesting perspective on the
Christian God, one which I had not thought of
before.

thank you for drawing my attention to this letter
once again.


1 Corinthians 1:1  Paul called to be an apostle of
Jesus Christ through the will of God, and
Sosthenes our brother,
1 Corinthians 1:2  Unto the church of God which is
at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every
place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
both their's and our's:
1 Corinthians 1:3  Grace be unto you, and peace,
from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:4  I thank my God always on your
behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by
Jesus Christ;
1 Corinthians 1:5  That in every thing ye are
enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all
knowledge;
1 Corinthians 1:6  Even as the testimony of Christ
was confirmed in you:
1 Corinthians 1:7  So that ye come behind in no
gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ:
1 Corinthians 1:8  Who shall also confirm you unto
the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:9  God is faithful, by whom ye
were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:10  Now I beseech you, brethren,
by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all
speak the same thing, and that there be no
divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly
joined together in the same mind and in the same
judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:11  For it hath been declared unto
me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the
house of Chloe, that there are contentions among
you.
1 Corinthians 1:12  Now this I say, that every one
of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and
I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:13  Is Christ divided? was Paul
crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name
of Paul?
1 Corinthians 1:14  I thank God that I baptized
none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
1 Corinthians 1:15  Lest any should say that I had
baptized in mine own name.
1 Corinthians 1:16  And I baptized also the
household of Stephanas: besides, I know not
whether I baptized any other.
1 Corinthians 1:17  For Christ sent me not to
baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom
of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made
of none effect.
1 Corinthians 1:18  For the preaching of the cross
is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us
which are saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:19  For it is written, I will
destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to
nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1 Corinthians 1:20  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?
1 Corinthians 1:21  For after that in the wisdom
of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it
pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to
save them that believe.
1 Corinthians 1:22  For the Jews require a sign,
and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1 Corinthians 1:23  But we preach Christ
crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and
unto the Greeks foolishness;
1 Corinthians 1:24  But unto them which are
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of
God, and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:25  Because the foolishness of God
is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is
stronger than men.
1 Corinthians 1:26  For ye see your calling,
brethren, how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are
called:
1 Corinthians 1:27  But God hath chosen the
foolish things of the world to confound the wise;
and God hath chosen the weak things of the world
to confound the things which are mighty;
1 Corinthians 1:28  And base things of the world,
and things which are despised, hath God chosen,
yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought
things that are:
1 Corinthians 1:29  That no flesh should glory in
his presence.
1 Corinthians 1:30  But of him are ye in Christ
Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
1 Corinthians 1:31  That, according as it is
written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord.


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