1 Korintus 1:20

1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? ¹  Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

1 Korintus 1:24-25

1:24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, ²  and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. ³ 

1 Korintus 1:27

1:27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

1 Korintus 2:16

2:16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? ⁴  But we have the mind of Christ.

1 Korintus 3:19

3:19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” ⁵ 

1 Korintus 7:22

7:22 For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.

1 Korintus 9:11

9:11 If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

1 Korintus 13:5

13:5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

1 Korintus 14:20

14:20 Brothers and sisters, ⁶  do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

[1:20]  ¹ tn Grk “the scribe.” The traditional rendering of γραμματεύς (grammateu") as “scribe” does not communicate much to the modern English reader, for whom the term might mean “professional copyist,” if it means anything at all. The people referred to here were recognized experts in the law of Moses and in traditional laws and regulations. Thus “expert in the Mosaic law” comes closer to the meaning for the modern reader.

[1:25]  ² tn Grk “than men.”

[1:25]  ³ tn Grk “than men.”

[2:16]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.

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

[14:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.