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1 Corinthians 1:20

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1 Corinthians 1:20 — Meaning and Application

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" Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath ➔ not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? "

1 Corinthians 1:20

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For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath ➔ not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

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1 Corinthians 1:1

"Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,"

1 Corinthians 1:2

"Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:"

1 Corinthians 1:3

"Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ."

1 Corinthians 1:4

"I thank my God always on ➔ your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;"

1 Corinthians 1:5

"That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;"

1 Corinthians 1:6

"Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:"

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