1 Corinthians 3:19

for the wisdom of{the world, the-same,} is-being fool-ia/folly aside/beside to{the God}, for it-has-been-written, "the grasping the wise in to{the all-working-ia/craftiness} of{same},"

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

In Context

18No-one: be-deceiving/defrauding-out sameself. If someone is-esteeming to-be-being wise in to{you} in to{the eon, the-same}, [he:] be-become foolish, in-which-place he-may-become wise,

20and again, "[The] Lord is-knowing the dialog-iz-ations" of{the wise}, "that they-are-being vain,"

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Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:19-21

Humility Prescribed. ( a. d. 57.) 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. Here he prescribes humility, and a modest opinion of themselves, for the remedy of the irregularities in the church of Corinth, the divisions and contests… Read the whole commentary →

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