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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:19

The wisdom of this world. Here the word for "world" is kosmos, in the last verse it was alert. Kosmos is the world regarded objectively; aion the world regarded in its moral and intellectual aspect. He that taketh the wise in their craftiness . This is one of the few references to the Book of Job in the New Testament. It comes from the speech of Eliphaz in Job 5:13 , but St. Paul substitutes the words "clutching" ( drassomenos ) and "craftiness" ( panourgia ) for the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world - That which is esteemed to be wisdom by the people of this world on the subject of religion. It does not mean that true wisdom is foolishness with him. It does not mean that science, and prudence, and law - that the knowledge of his works - that astronomy, and medicine, and chemistry, are regarded by him as folly, and as unworthy the attention of people. God is the friend of truth on all subjects; and he requires us to become acquainted with his works, and commends... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 3:18-20

1 Corinthians 3:18-20. Let no man deceive himself Neither teacher, by propagating errors through pride of his own understanding; nor hearers, by a factious preferring of one above another for his gifts. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world Be wise with respect to the things of this world only, and on that account be puffed up with pride; let him become a fool Such as the world accounts so; let him renounce his carnal wisdom, and submit to the doctrine of the gospel,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10-23

Christian activity tested (3:10-23)The Corinthians are likened also to a building. Paul laid the foundation, and now other Christians, in particular the teachers, have the responsibility to build on that foundation (10). There is only one foundation, Jesus Christ, but the structure may be built in all sorts of ways. People may build something of lasting worth through using valuable materials (gold, silver and precious stones), or they may build something of no lasting worth through using cheap... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 3:19

world . Greek. kosmos. App-129 . foolishness . Greek. moria. See 1 Corinthians 1:18 . with . App-104 . is = has been. taketh . Greek. drassomai. Only here. Found in the Septuagint, but not in Job 5:13 , from which this is quoted. craftiness . Greek. punourgia. See Luke 20:23 . This is the only time Job is quoted in the NT. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness.As Shore observed:With the exception of the reference in James 5:11 to the "proverbial patience" of Job, this is the only allusion to Job, or to the book of Job in the New Testament.[31]Paul's quotation is from Job 5:13, where Eliphaz the Temanite was speaking against Job, declaring that "God frustrates the devices of the crafty ... and taketh the wise in their own craftiness."... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:19

19. with God—in the judgment of God. it is written—in :-. The formula of quoting SCRIPTURE used here, establishes the canonicity of Job. He taketh . . . wise in . . . own craftiness—proving the "foolishness" of the world's wisdom, since it is made by God the very snare to catch those who think themselves so wise. Literally, "He who taketh . . . the whole of the sentence not being quoted, but only the part which suited Paul's purpose. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:18-23

6. Human wisdom and limited blessing 3:18-23The apostle now combined the threads of his argument, which began at 1 Corinthians 1:18, and drew a preliminary conclusion. If his readers insisted on taking the natural view of their teachers and continued to form coteries of followers, they would limit God’s blessing on themselves needlessly. Rather than their belonging to Paul or Apollos, both Paul and Apollos, and much more, belonged to them because they were Christ’s and Christ is God’s. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 3:19-20

Again Paul used Old Testament quotations to give added authority to his statements (cf. 1 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 2:16). Here he referred to Job 5:13 and Psalms 94:11. The best wisdom the natural man can produce is foolishness compared with the wisdom God has revealed in His Word. Unbelieving humanity cannot avoid God’s judgment through its own rationalizing. The reasoning of the wise of this world is useless regarding the most important issues of... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Corinthians 3:19

3:19 written, (g-14) See Job 5:13 . read more