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brated to them by Paul and Apollos. This view is 

 strengthened by the moral drift of the citations 

 already made from the Old Testament in this 

 Epistle." Dean Stanley, similarly, paraphrases it 

 by "Learn that well -known lesson, not to go beyond 

 what the Scriptures prescribe." If any particular 

 passages of Scripture are alluded to, they are most 

 probably those quoted previously in the same Epistle, 

 all of which tend to inculcate the virtue of humility. 

 They are as follows, quoting not the Old Testament 

 originals, but the Apostle's quotations of them, with 

 his introductory words : 



" The word of the cross is to them that are perish- 

 ing foolishness ; but to us which are being saved it 

 is the power of God. For it is written, 



I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, 



And the prudence of the prudent will I reject." x 



"Christ Jesus was made unto us wisdom from 

 God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and re- 

 demption : that, according as it is written, He that 

 glorieth, let him glory in the Lord." 2 



"The wisdom of this world is foolishness with 

 God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in 

 their own craftiness. 3 And again, The Lord knoweth 

 the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain." 4 ? 



The proverbial warning, " Not beyond the things 



1 Isaiah xxix. 14 ; 1 Cor. i. 18, 19. 

 2 Jer. ix. 24 ; 1 Cor. i. 30, 31. 



3 Job v. 13 ; 1 Cor. iii. 19. 

 4 Psalm xciv. 11 ; 1 Cor. iii. 20. 



