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?
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Où est le sage? où est le scribe? où est le disputeur de ce siècle? Dieu n'a-t-il pas convaincu de folie la sagesse du monde?
KJV
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?
Ignatius of Antioch
Epistulae vii genuinae
ν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός; τί μωρῶς ἀπολλύμεθα, ἀγνοοῦντες τὸ χάρισμα, ὃ πέπομφεν ἀληθῶς ὁ κύριος; Gal. 5, 11 I Cor. 1, 20 Περίψημα τὸ ἐμὸν πνεῦμα τοῦ σταυροῦ, ὅ ἐστιν σκάνδαλον τοῖς ἀπιστοῦσιν, ἡμῖν δὲ σωτηρία καὶ ζωὴ αἰώνιος, ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ συζητητής; ποῦ καύχησις τῶν λεγομένων συνετῶν;…
Suda
Suidae lexicon
,13 818 ═ Ambr. 612, Ps. Herodian 130, Zon. 1661 819 Thdr in Ps. 57, 5, PG 80, 1297ab; lerem. 4, 22, 1 Cor 1, 20 816 Philostr. cf. vv. Α 3420 et 3025 1 ἦρχε A τοῦ] τό V ἀγωνίζεϲθαι] διορίζεϲθαι Usener 1. 2 ϲτρατολογεῖϲθαι A(GFVMB) AVM; ϲτρατολογία G ϲτρατολογίαν B τετραλογίαν Meu…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
omnipotent. Objection 4: Further, upon the text, "God hath made foolish the wisdom of this world" ( 1 Cor. 1:20 ), a gloss says: "God hath made the wisdom of this world foolish [*Vulg.: 'Hath not God', etc.] by showing those things to be possible which it judges to be impossible.…
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