1st Corinthians Chapter 3 verse 18 Holy Bible
Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
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Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
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Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.
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Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
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Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
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Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Let no man deceive himself. Like the other formula, "Be not deceived" (1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Galatians 6:7); "Deceive not yourselves" (Jeremiah 37:9); "Let no man deceive you" (Marl 24:4; Luke 21:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; Ephesians 5:6; 1 John 3:7). We are so liable to self deception (1 John 1:8; Galatians 6:3), as well as to being deceived by others (2 Timothy 3:13), that there was need to repeat this warning incessantly. Seemeth to be wise; rather, thinketh that he is wise. He is referring specially to the Apollos party, who vaunted their esoteric knowledge, and so were "wise in their own eyes, prudent in their own conceits" (Isaiah 5:21).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Passing from the difference between the work of one teacher and that of another, which has occupied him since 1Corinthians 3:5, the Apostle now returns to the subject from which he branched off there (the magnifying of one teacher above another), and proceeds to show (1Corinthians 3:18-21) that merely human wisdom is in itself worthless for spiritual purposes, and, therefore, that the possession of it alone is no reason for the exaltation of the teacher who is endowed with it. For the full meaning of the "wisdom" which the Apostle speaks of here, see 1Corinthians 1:20.Let him become a fool--i.e., in the sight of the world, in order that he may become "wise" in the sight of God.
