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1 Corinthians 1:19-21
Complete Jewish Bible
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
Complete Jewish Bible
19 Indeed, the Tanakh says,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and frustrate the intelligence of the intelligent.”[a]
20 Where does that leave the philosopher, the Torah-teacher, or any of today’s thinkers? Hasn’t God made this world’s wisdom look pretty foolish? 21 For God’s wisdom ordained that the world, using its own wisdom, would not come to know him. Therefore God decided to use the “nonsense” of what we proclaim as his means of saving those who come to trust in it.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
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