ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 2 v6

WORLDLY WISDOM. ORIGEN: When Paul talks about the wisdom of the rulers of this world he seems to be talking not about one wisdom common to them all but about different kinds of wisdom which are peculiar to each. ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 3.3.1.1

THE MATURE. AMBROSIASTER: The mature are those who preach the cross as wisdom because of the witness of Christ’s power at work. They know that actions speak louder than words. Their wisdom is not of this age but of the age to come, when the truth of God will be manifested to those who now deny it. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.2

TRUE WISDOM FOUND IN THE CROSS. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul is saying that when he, a man thought to be foolish and a preacher of folly, gets the better of the wise, he overcomes their wisdom, not by foolishness but by a more perfect wisdom. This wisdom is so broad and so great that the other kind appears to be foolishness. True wisdom is the gospel, the means of salvation through the cross of Christ. The perfect are those who believe. They are indeed “perfect,” because they know that all human things are utterly helpless, and therefore they ignore them, being convinced that they have nothing to gain from them. This is what true believers are like. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 7.1.3

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