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1 Corinthians 1:20 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 1 · verse 20 · King James Version
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 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 1:20 in context
18For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21For 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.
22For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- foolishmōrainōto be foolish, to act foolishly, to make foolish, to prove a person or a thing foolish…G3471 →
- scribegrammateusa clerk, scribe, esp.a public servant, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence…G1122 →
- wisdomsophiawisdom, broad and full of intelligence used of the knowledge of very diverse matters, the…G4678 →
- worldaiōnfor ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity, the worlds, universe, period of…G165 →
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- wisesophoswise, skilled, expert of artificers, wise, skilled in letters, cultivated, learned, of…G4680 →
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