zSee Rom. 15:14
Proverbs 3:5
5 aTrust in the Lord with all your heart,and bdo not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:7
7 cBe not wise in your own eyes;dfear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
Proverbs 26:12
12Do you see a man who is ewise in his own eyes?fThere is more hope for a fool than for him.
Isaiah 5:21
21Woe to those who are gwise in their own eyes,and shrewd in their own sight!
Jeremiah 8:8
8 h“How can you say, ‘We are wise,and the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie.
Romans 11:25
The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation
25 iLest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
ka partial hardening has come upon Israel, luntil the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 1 Corinthians 1:18-21
Christ the Wisdom and Power of God
18For the word of the cross is mfolly to nthose who are perishing, but to us owho are being saved it is pthe power of God. 19For it is written,q“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 rWhere is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? sHas 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. 1 Corinthians 4:10
10 uWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but vyou are wise in Christ. wWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.1 Corinthians 8:1-2
Food Offered to Idols
1Now concerning ▼▼The expression Now concerning introduces a reply to a question in the Corinthians’ letter; see 7:1
yfood offered to idols: we know that z“all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” aapuffs up, abbut love builds up. 2 acIf anyone imagines that he knows something, adhe does not yet know as he ought to know.
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