1 Corinthians 1:20
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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?”
σοφία
Wisdom, insight, skill. Sophia. Christ who has become for us wisdom from God. Jesus IS wisdom. Every problem has a solution in Him. Every question has an answer in His word.
θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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οὗτος
this?
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οὗτος
This, this one, this person. This is My Son whom I love. With Him I am well pleased. The words spoken over Jesus are spoken over you through your union with Him.
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κόσμος
world
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κόσμος
The world, the ordered universe. God so loved the kosmos. He loves what He made and He is working to redeem every part of it.
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μωραίνω
has made foolish
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μωραίνω
to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton
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ποῦ
Where is the
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ποῦ
as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality
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σοφός
wise?
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σοφός
wise (in a most general application)
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συζητητής
debater
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συζητητής
a disputant, i.e. sophist
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οὐχί
Surely
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οὐχί
not indeed
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γραμματεύς
scribe?
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