1 CORINTHIANS 1:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”
But to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God — the 'but' (de) is Paul's reversal: those called by God (klētoi) see differently. To them, Christ crucified is not stumbling but power (dynamis) and not folly but wisdom (sophia). The genitive 'of God' is decisive: this is not human power or cleverness but God's own.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 1:24
Next, to show the power of the Cross, he says, “For Jews ask for signs and Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumbling-block, and unto Greeks foolishness; but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the Power of God, and the Wisdom of God.” Vast is the import of the things here spoken! For he means to say how by contraries God has overcome, and how the Gospel is not of man. What he says is something of this sort. When, says…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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