1 CORINTHIANS 1:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:”
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God — that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption — all Corinthian identity is 'because of him' (ex autou), not from their own attainment. Christ is our 'wisdom from God' (sophia apo theou), replacing human sophia. The fourfold description—righteousness (dikaiosynē), holiness (hagiasmos), redemption (apolytrōsis)—covers all the dimensions of salvation: legal standing, moral transformation, and final liberation.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 1:30
“But of Him are you in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” The expression “of Him,” I suppose he uses here, not of our introduction into being, but with reference to the faith: that is, to our having become children of God, “not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh.” John 1:13 “Think not then, that having taken away our glorying, He left us so: for there is another, a greater glorying, His gift. For…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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