1Cor 1:20, 28, 14:20, 2Cor 1:12, Eph 4:13, Phili 3:15, Heb 5:14, Jam 3:15 | ISV | STEP | Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? God has turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense, hasn't he?

1 Corinthians 1:20

20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? God has turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense, hasn't he?Job 12:17, 20, 24; Isa 33:18; 44:25; Rom 1:22

1 Corinthians 1:28

28 And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something,Rom 4:17; 1Cor 2:6

1 Corinthians 14:20

20 Brothers, stop being ^{▼▼Or do not be} children in your thinking. In evil be infants, but in thinking be adults.Ps 131:2; Matt 11:25; 18:3; 19:14; Rom 16:19; 1Cor 3:1; Eph 4:14; Heb 5:12-13; 1Pet 2:2

2 Corinthians 1:12

12 Paul's Reason for BoastingFor this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace—and especially towards you.1Cor 2:4, 13; 2Cor 2:17; 4:2

Ephesians 4:13

13 until all of us are united in the faith and in the full knowledge of God's Son, and until we attain mature adulthood and the full standard of development in Christ.1Cor 14:20; Col 1:28; 2:2

Philippians 3:15

15 Therefore, those of us who are mature ^{▼▼Or perfect} should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will show you how to think. ^{▼▼Lit. show you this}1Cor 2:6; 14:20; Gal 5:10

Hebrews 5:14

14 But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.Isa 7:15; 1Cor 2:14-15

James 3:15

15 That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic.Phil 3:19; James 1:17