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1 Corinthians 1:20
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1 Corinthians 1:20
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20 Where is the wise person?(A) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(B) Has not God made foolish(C) the wisdom of the world?
1 Corinthians 1:20
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1 Corinthians 1:20
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20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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21 For since in the wisdom of God the world(A) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save(B) those who believe.(C)
1 Corinthians 1:21
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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1 Corinthians 1:27
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1 Corinthians 1:27
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27 But God chose(A) the foolish(B) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
1 Corinthians 1:27
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1 Corinthians 1:27
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27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
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1 Corinthians 1:28
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1 Corinthians 1:28
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28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not(A)—to nullify the things that are,
1 Corinthians 1:28
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1 Corinthians 1:28
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28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
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1 Corinthians 2:12
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1 Corinthians 2:12
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12 What we have received is not the spirit(A) of the world,(B) but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.
1 Corinthians 2:12
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1 Corinthians 2:12
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12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(A) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(B)
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- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
1 Corinthians 3:19
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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1 Corinthians 3:22
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1 Corinthians 3:22
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22 whether Paul or Apollos(A) or Cephas[a](B) or the world or life or death or the present or the future(C)—all are yours,
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- 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter
1 Corinthians 3:22
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1 Corinthians 3:22
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22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
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1 Corinthians 4:13
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1 Corinthians 4:13
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13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(A) of the world—right up to this moment.
1 Corinthians 4:13
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1 Corinthians 4:13
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13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
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1 Corinthians 5:10
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1 Corinthians 5:10
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10 not at all meaning the people of this world(A) who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
1 Corinthians 5:10
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1 Corinthians 5:10
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10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
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1 Corinthians 6:2
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1 Corinthians 6:2
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2 Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?(A) And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
1 Corinthians 6:2
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1 Corinthians 6:2
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2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
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1 Corinthians 7:31
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1 Corinthians 7:31
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31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(A)
1 Corinthians 7:31
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1 Corinthians 7:31
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31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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1 Corinthians 7:33
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1 Corinthians 7:33
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33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife—
1 Corinthians 7:33
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1 Corinthians 7:33
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33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
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1 Corinthians 7:34
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1 Corinthians 7:34
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34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.(A) But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:34
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1 Corinthians 7:34
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34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
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