1 Korintus 1:19

1:19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” ¹ 

1 Korintus 1:31

1:31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” ² 

[1:19]  ¹ sn A quotation from Isa 29:14.

[1:31]  ² sn A quotation from Jer 9:24. The themes of Jer 9 have influenced Paul’s presentation in vv. 26-31. Jeremiah calls upon the wise, the strong, and the wealthy not to trust in their resources but in their knowledge of the true God – and so to boast in the Lord. Paul addresses the same three areas of human pride.