iSee Matt. 12:38
rSee Matt. 15:2
Acts 17:18
18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, a“What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because bhe was preaching cJesus and the resurrection.Acts 17:21
21Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.Romans 1:22
22 dClaiming to be wise, they became fools,1 Corinthians 1:19-23
19For it is written,e“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 fWhere is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? gHas not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach ▼
▼Or the folly of preaching
to save those who believe. 22For iJews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23but we preach Christ jcrucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 1 Corinthians 2:6
Wisdom from the Spirit
6Yet among kthe mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not la wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, mwho are doomed to pass away.1 Corinthians 3:19
19For nthe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, o“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”Colossians 2:8
8See to it that no one takes you captive by pphilosophy and qempty deceit, according to rhuman tradition, according to the selemental spirits ▼▼Or elementary principles; also verse 20
of the world, and not according to Christ. Colossians 2:18
18Let no one udisqualify you, vinsisting on asceticism and worship of angels, wgoing on in detail about visions, ▼ ypuffed up without reason by zhis sensuous mind,
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