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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. [Rom 8:28] |
Subject: Solomon the wisest man? |
Bible Note: Hi Johnny, You can compare Solomon and Jesus but it is like comparing night and day, man and Man, and in a sense wisdom and Wisdom (although I wouldn't go with the Amplified capitalization. I would say Jesus was fully God and fully Man so we differ a bit there. I have come to compare man and Man even in John 7:46, "The officers answered, "Never did a man speak the way this Man speaks." 1 Corinthians 1:27 says that the foolishness of God is wiser than men. Verse 19 says that the "cleverness of the cleaver I have set aside." So that is why it is good that Soloman in 1 Kings 3:9 says, "So give Thy servant a [hearing] an understanding heart..." 1 Corinthians 1:20, "Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" Yet in the time of Christ and even today we hear people say as in John 10:20, "And many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?/" Proverbs 30:5, "Every word of God/ is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to (His) words Lest He reprove you, and you be proved a liar." John 3:33, "He who has received His witness has set his seal to this, that God/ is true. For He whom God has sent speaks the words of (God); for He gives the *spirit without measure." From the heart, Ray |