1 Corinthians 1:24

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But unto them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

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Ambrosiaster

AD 400

When Jews believe in Christ, they understand that he is the power of God. When Greeks believe in him, they understand that he is the wisdom of God. He is God’s power because the Father does everything through him. He is God’s wisdom because God is known through him. It would not be possible for God to be known through anyone who was not from him in the first place. No one has seen the Father except the Son and whomever the Son has chosen to reveal him to. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

The Savior’s teaching is sufficient without additional help, for it is the power and wisdom of God. .

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

But the teaching, which is according to the Saviour, is complete in itself and without defect, being "the power and wisdom of God; ". The law of this man who possesses knowledge is the saving precept; or rather, the law is the precept of knowledge. For the Word is "the power and the wisdom of God.". On hearing the voice of the Lord, whether that of His own person or that acting through His apostles, with all speed turned and believed. For we remember that the Lord is "the power of God"

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Gregory of Nyssa

AD 394

Through this description of Christ we derive notions of the divine which make the name an object of reverence for us. Since all creation, both perceptible and imperceptible, came into being through him and is united with him, wisdom is necessarily interwoven with power in connection with the very definition of Christ, the maker of all things. .

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

The gospel produces the exact opposite of what people want and expect, but it is that very fact which persuades them to accept it in the end. The apostles won their case, not simply without a sign, but by something which appeared to go against all the known signs. The cross seems to be a cause of offense, but far from simply offending, it attracts and calls believers to itself.

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

"Except Wisdom "however, is a phrase of the same sense exactly as "except the Son "who is Christ, "the Wisdom and Power of God"

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