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Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car la folie de Dieu est plus sage que les hommes, et la faiblesse de Dieu est plus forte que les hommes.

KJV

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Patristic reading

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  • Ambrosius

    Epistolae Prima Classis

    en et aliud infirmum Dei, quod fortius est hominibus ; at stullum Dei, quod sapientius dt hominibus (1 Cor. 1 ,25): sed huc crucis, illud di­ vinitatis. Si ergo quod infirmum est ejus, potentia est : quod potentiæ, quomodo infirmum est ? Sit ili- tur nobis positum, quia nOli ment…
  • Augustinus (pseudo)

    Sermones Suppositi. Classis IIII. De Diversis

    enim infir­ mum est Dei, fortius tat hominibus : et quod stultum eat Dei , sapientius eat hominibus (I Cor. 1, 25). Hiec causa nobis specialis esse videtur, cur Dei Filius ho­ minem induere voluerit , et inter homines conversari, ut mortalitatem quam a nobis accepit, moriendo su­…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    are above the capacity of human nature surpass all virtue that is in proportion to man, according to 1 Cor. 1:25 : "The weakness of God is stronger than men." Reply to Objection 3: Two things pertain to the appetite, viz. movement to the end, and conformity with the end by means…

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