Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
Things which
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Things which
Romans 4:17
(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls things that do not exist as though they did.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not in the least inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
To bring
1 Corinthians 2:6
Yet we do speak a wisdom among the mature, a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.
Revelation 18:17
In one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!' And every shipmaster and all passengers and sailors, and all who make their living by the sea, stood far off,
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Romans 9:16
So it depends not upon man's will or exertion, but upon God's mercy.