1 Corinthians 3:19
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.”
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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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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γράφω
It has been written
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γράφω
To write, to record. These things are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ and have life in His name.
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πανουργία
craftiness
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πανουργία
adroitness, i.e. (in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry
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σοφός
wise
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σοφός
wise (in a most general application)
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δράσσομαι
catching
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δράσσομαι
to grasp, i.e. (figuratively) entrap
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εἰμί
is.
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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μωρία
foolishness
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μωρία
silliness, i.e. absurdity
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