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1 Corinthians 1:19-21
Worldwide English (New Testament)
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
Worldwide English (New Testament)
19 God says in the holy writings, `I will fool the wise people. I will bring to nothing the understanding of the clever people.'
20 Where are your wise people, the men who know books, the men who like to talk about the things of this world? God has shown that the clever things of this world are nothing.
21 God is wise. But the people of the world were not wise enough to know God. So he chose to save people who believe the good news that we tell them, even though the good news may seem to be foolish.
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1 Corinthians 1:19-21
New International Version
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
New International Version
19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”[a](A)
20 Where is the wise person?(B) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(C) Has not God made foolish(D) the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world(E) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save(F) those who believe.(G)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
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