1 Corinthians 3:19
17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
21 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
- KJV
- For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
- WEB
- For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”
- ASV
- For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
- DARBY
- For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.
- BLB
- For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written: “[He is] the One catching the wise in their craftiness,”
- ÅB
- for denne verdens visdom er dårskap for Gud. For det er skrevet: Han fanger de vise i deres kløkt,
- OTB
- For denne verdens visdom blir sett på som dårskap i Guds øyne. Som det står skrevet: "Han fanger de vise i deres list";
- B1930
- for denne verdens visdom er dårskap for Gud. For det er skrevet: Han fanger de vise i deres kløkt,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
Read in contextPsalms 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:19–20
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Read in contextRomans 1:21–22
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:25
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:6
Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Read in contextPsalms 9:15–16
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Read in contextPsalms 7:14–15
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
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