1 Corinthians 3:19

This world's wisdom is "foolishness" in God's sight; for it is written, "He snares the wise with their own cunning."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

18Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become "foolish" so that he may be wise.

20And again, "The Lord takes knowledge of the reasonings of the wise--how useless they are."

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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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