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1 Corinthians 3:18-23
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True Wisdom

18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of[a] this world, he must become a fool to become really wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is nonsense in God’s sight. For it is written,

“He catches the wise with their own trickery,”[b]

20 and again,

“The Lord[c] knows that the thoughts of the wise are worthless.”[d]

21 So let no one boast about human beings, since everything belongs to you, 22 whether Paul, Apollos, Cephas,[e] the world, life, death, the present, or the future—everything belongs to you, 23 but you belong to the Messiah,[f] and the Messiah[g] belongs to God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:18 The Gk. lacks the ways of
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:20 MT source citation reads Lord
  4. 1 Corinthians 3:20 Ps 94:11
  5. 1 Corinthians 3:22 I.e. Peter
  6. 1 Corinthians 3:23 Or Christ
  7. 1 Corinthians 3:23 Or Christ
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