1 Korintus 3:18--4:1

3:18 Guard against self-deception, each of you. ¹  If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise. 3:19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” ²  3:20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.” ³  3:21 So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! ⁴  For everything belongs to you, 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you, 3:23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

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4:1 One ⁵  should think about us this way – as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

[3:18]  ¹ tn Grk “let no one deceive himself.”

[3:19]  ² sn A quotation from Job 5:13.

[3:20]  ³ sn A quotation from Ps 94:11.

[3:21]  ⁴ tn Grk “so then, let no one boast in men.”

[4:1]  ⁵ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is both indefinite and general, “one”; “a person” (BDAG 81 s.v. 4.a.γ).