1 Corinthians 1:20

Where[?] [is the] wise[?] Where[?] [is the] scribe[?] Where[?] [is the] seek-together-er of{the eon, the-same}[?] Emphatically-not[?] the God makes-foolish the wisdom of{the world, the-same}[?],

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

In Context

19for it-has-been-written, "I-will-destroy-off/away the wisdom of{the[plural] wise} and I-will-un-place/reject the put-together-sis[i.e. state of comprehension/intelligence] of{the[plural] put-together/intelligent}."

21for upon-beheld[conjunction] in to{the wisdom} of{the God} the world does_not_know the God through of{the wisdom}, the God well-esteems through of{the fool-ia/folly} of{the proclaim-effect} to-save the[plural] believing,

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Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

The Efficacy of the Gospel; The Character of the Gospel. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the… Read the whole commentary →

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