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I. HIS WISDOM.

1. In delaying the revelation of the gospel.

2. In affording man ample opportunity to test the insufficiency of reason.

3. And by his worldly wisdom to work out his own misery.

II. HIS PLEASURE.

1. In the discovery of His mercy.

2. In its free dispensation by the foolishness of preaching — to all that believe.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)

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KJV: For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

WEB: For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn't know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.