Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 1:24

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

Blessed be God Christ is not to all the Iews a stumbling-block, nor to all the Greeks is he foolishness; for to so many of them as are called (not by the external call of the Gospel, but only by the internal call, and effectual operation of the Spirit (let them be of one Nation or another) by their Country Iews or Pagans. Christ is so far from being a stumbling-block, and the Doctrine of Christ is so far from being foolishness, that Christ and the Doctrine of the Gospel appear to them, the Power of God, and the Wisdom of God.

Marginal references: Rom. 1.16.; Col. 2.3.