1 Corinthians 3:19 - The Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Exposition

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 milder katalabon and phronesei of the LXX .

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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1 Corinthians 3:19 - Exposition

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Exposition

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