1 Corinthians 1
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1 Corinthians 1:20-22

201WhereG4226 is the wiseG4680 manG4680? WhereG4226 is the scribeG1122? WhereG4226 is the debaterG4804 of 2thisG3778 ageG165? Has not GodG2316 3madeG3471 foolishG3471 the wisdomG4678 of 4the worldG2889?

21For sinceG1894 in the wisdomG4678 of GodG2316 5the worldG2889 throughG1223 its wisdomG4678 did not come to knowG1097 GodG2316, 6GodG2316 was well-pleasedG2106 throughG1223 the 7foolishnessG3472 of the 8messageG2782 preachedG2782 to 9saveG4982 thoseG3588 who believeG4100.

22For indeedG2532 10JewsG2453 askG154 for 11signsG4592 and GreeksG1672 searchG2212 for wisdomG4678;

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Job 12:17; Is 19:11f; 33:18 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Matt 13:22; 1 Cor 2:6, 8; 3:18, 19 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 1:20 Rom 1:20ff ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 1:20 John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; James 4:4 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 1:21 John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:27f; 6:2; 11:32; James 4:4 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Luke 12:32; Gal 1:15; Col 1:19 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 1:21 1 Cor 1:18, 23, 25; 2:14; 4:10 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Lit preaching ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 1:21 Rom 11:14; James 5:20 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 1:22 Matt 12:38 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 1:22 Or attesting miracles ↩

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