“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
(A)And the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.

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“‘How can you say, “We are wise,
    for we have the law(A) of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
    has handled it falsely?

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41 Jesus said to them, (A)“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

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41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.(A)

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12 (A)He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.
13 He catches the (B)wise in their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.

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12 He thwarts the plans(A) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.(B)
13 He catches the wise(C) in their craftiness,(D)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(E)

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Avoid Worldly Wisdom

18 (A)Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, (B)“He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; 20 and again, (C)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”

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18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(A) by the standards of this age,(B) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(C) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(D) 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[b](E)

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Notas al pie

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11

22 (A)Professing to be wise, they became fools,

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22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(A)

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then he need not honor his father [a]or mother.’ Thus you have made the [b]commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.

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Notas al pie

  1. Matthew 15:6 NU omits or mother
  2. Matthew 15:6 NU word

they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

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Assyria Shall Be Broken

10 “Woe to those who (A)decree unrighteous decrees,
Who write misfortune,
Which they have prescribed
To rob the needy of justice,
And to take what is right from the poor of My people,
That widows may be their prey,
And that they may rob the fatherless.

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10 Woe(A) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,(B)
to deprive(C) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(D)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.(E)

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20 (A)He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

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20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
    and takes away the discernment of elders.(A)

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The Jews Guilty as the Gentiles

17 [a]Indeed (A)you are called a Jew, and (B)rest[b] on the law, (C)and make your boast in God, 18 and (D)know His will, and (E)approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19 and (F)are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, (G)having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. 21 (H)You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, (I)do you rob temples? 23 You who (J)make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24 For (K)“the name of God is (L)blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.

Circumcision of No Avail

25 (M)For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 Therefore, (N)if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27 And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, (O)judge you who, even with your [c]written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? 28 For (P)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew (Q)who is one inwardly; and (R)circumcision is that of the heart, (S)in the Spirit, not in the letter; (T)whose [d]praise is not from men but from God.

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Notas al pie

  1. Romans 2:17 NU But if
  2. Romans 2:17 rely
  3. Romans 2:27 Lit. letter
  4. Romans 2:29 A play on words—Jew is literally praise.

The Jews and the Law

17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;(A) 18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(B) 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(C) 23 You who boast in the law,(D) do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a](E)

25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(F) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(G) 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements,(H) will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?(I) 27 The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you(J) who, even though you have the[b] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly,(K) nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.(L) 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,(M) by the Spirit,(N) not by the written code.(O) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.(P)

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Notas al pie

  1. Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22
  2. Romans 2:27 Or who, by means of a

12 I have written for him (A)the great things of My law,
But they were considered a strange thing.

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12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
    but they regarded them as something foreign.(A)

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(A)Children’s children are the crown of old men,
And the glory of children is their father.

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Children’s children(A) are a crown to the aged,
    and parents are the pride of their children.

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19 (A)He declares His word to Jacob,
(B)His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

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19 He has revealed his word(A) to Jacob,(B)
    his laws and decrees(C) to Israel.

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12 For an (A)empty-headed man will be wise,
When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.

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12 But the witless can no more become wise
    than a wild donkey’s colt(A) can be born human.[a](B)

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame