19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. …
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. …
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-20)Here he prescribes humility, and a modest opinion of themselves, for the remedy of the irregularities in the church of Corinth, the divisions and contests among them: “ Let no man deceive himself , 1 Cor. 3:18. Do not be led away from the truth and simplicity of the gospel by pretenders to science and eloquence, by a show of deep learning, or a flourish of words, by rabbis, orators, or philosopher…
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