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1 Corinthians 3:19 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.” "

1 Corinthians 3:19

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17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, 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, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”

20 And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”

21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

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"Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!"

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1 Corinthians 3:1

"Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ."

1 Corinthians 3:2

"I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,"

1 Corinthians 3:3

"for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?"

1 Corinthians 3:4

"For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?"

1 Corinthians 3:5

"Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?"

1 Corinthians 3:6

"I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase."

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