7 Bible Verses about Philosophy

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Acts 17:18

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him; and some said: What can this babbler possibly wish to say? Others said: He seems to be a proclaimer of strange demons: for he preached to them Jesus and the Resurrection.

1 Corinthians 1:19-20

For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; and I will set aside the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of- this world?

1 Corinthians 3:19-20

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written: He takes the wise in their own craftiness. And again: The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

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Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence

Philosophy » Employment of, was not paul's method of preaching the gospel

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; and I will set aside the understanding of the prudent.

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellence of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you but Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling: read more.
and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Philosophy » Rabbinical

Colossians 2:16-19

Let no one judge you, therefore, in meat or in drink, or in respect to a feast, or the new moon, or sabbaths, which things are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is in Christ, Let no one gain his purpose in depriving you of the palm by an affected humility and worship of angels, prying into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, read more.
and not holding the head, from which the whole body gathering vigor, and firmly united by joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

Philosophy » The nature of things

Philosophy » Reveals the mysteries of providence

Romans 1:19-20

Because that which may be known of God, is manifest among them; for God has made it manifest to them, (for, since the creation of the world, his attributes, which are invisible, are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,) that they may be without excuse;

Philosophy » Is not sufficient for an adequate knowledge of God

1 Corinthians 1:21-22

For, since in the wisdom of God, the world, by its wisdom, knew not God, it has pleased God, through the foolishness of what is preached, to save those who believe. For the Jews ask for a sign, and the Greeks seek for wisdom;

Philosophy » Is not enough for salvation through the atonement of jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 2:6-10

Yet we speak wisdom among the perfect; but not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are brought to nought: but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even that which had been hidden, which God predestined before the ages, for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for, had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. read more.
But, as it is written: Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and into the heart of man have not entered the things which God has prepared for them that love him. But God has revealed them to us through his Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

Philosophy » Greek schools of

Acts 17:18

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him; and some said: What can this babbler possibly wish to say? Others said: He seems to be a proclaimer of strange demons: for he preached to them Jesus and the Resurrection.

Philosophy » A philosophical discussion about wisdom

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