ὑπεροχήν. Excellence in the strict sense of the word—that which one man has above another. Here, however, it is applied to the high-flown style of eloquence admired at Corinth—Corinthia verba, as such language was proverbially called.

τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ θεοῦ. St Paul’s testimony concerning God; the witness he gave to His combined love and justice, manifested to the world in the Life and Death of Jesus Christ. See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 1:6.

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Old Testament