1 Corinthians 1:17
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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1 Corinthians 1:17. Not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
A very remarkable passage! Paul could have used the wisdom of words. In some of his epistles he gives us a specimen of his mighty rhetoric. He was a born master of speech. There was a touch of poetry in him, and always a high logical power, but he would not use it in his preaching, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. You may do what you like with human wisdom, put a bit into its mouth and try to lead it into obedience to Christ, but somehow or other its tendency is to rebel against him.