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1 Corinthians 3:20

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

In Context

19This world's wisdom is "foolishness" in God's sight; for it is written, "He snares the wise with their own cunning."

21Therefore let no one boast about his human teachers.

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Cross References

Colossians 2:8Take care lest there be some one who leads you away as prisoners by means of his philosophy and idle fancies, following human traditions and the world's crude notions instead of following Christ.

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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