1Cor 3:19, Gal 4:3, Col 2:8 | ESV | STEP | For the wisdom of this world is folly with God . For it is written , He catches the wise in their craftiness ,

aSee ch. 1:20

bCited from Job 5:13

cSee ch. 2:4

e[1 Tim. 6:20]

f Eph. 5:6

gSee Matt. 15:2

h ver. 20

1 Corinthians 3:19

19 For ^athe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ^b“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

Galatians 4:3

3 In the same way we also, when we were children, ^cwere enslaved to the elementary principles ^{▼▼Or elemental spirits; also verse 9} of the world.

Colossians 2:8

8 See to it that no one takes you captive by ^ephilosophy and ^fempty deceit, according to ^ghuman tradition, according to the ^helemental spirits ^{▼▼Or elementary principles; also verse 20} of the world, and not according to Christ.