1 Corinthians 3:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. ”

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

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 m...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He (g) taketh the wise in their own craftiness. (g) Be they ever so crafty, yet the Lord will take them when he will discover...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is a False Wisdom that Pits one Leader against Another: All are Yours. Paul warns against the self-deception which causes a man to overrate his own judgment. Better renounce his worldly wisdom,...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. For the wisdom of this world This is an argument taken from things opposite. To maintain the one is to overturn the other. As, therefore, the wisdom of this world is foolishness with G...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. The wisdom of this world - Whether it be the pretended deep and occult wisdom of t...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. With God - in the judgment of God. It is written - in Job 5:13 . This...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fault of Party Spirit The immaturity of the Corinthian converts and their unfitness for anything but elementary instruction in the faith is proved by their mutual jealousies and their disagree...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

With God. — Better, in the sight of God ( Romans 2:13 ). For it is written. — By two passages, one from Job, and the other from the Psalms, St. Paul proves the truth of his previous assertion...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 6 GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple presentation of the C...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Build on the Sure Foundation 1 Corinthians 3:10-23 We are called upon to contribute our share to the building of saved souls which is rising through the ages, to be an habitation of God through...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal. "Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's f...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which templ...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God ,.... The wisdom of the Jewish, or Gentile world. It is had in no account with him; it is despised and neglected by him; he makes it foolish, des...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Ver. 19. He taketh the wise ] ο δρασσομενος, those natural brute beasts, made...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Humility Prescribed. A. D. 57. 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth t...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; God accounteth that folly which the world calleth wisdom, and indeed it is so (for God cannot err, nor be mistaken in his judgment): the philos...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Church Is God's Sacred Sanctuary For The Spirit of God Dwells In Them And They Are Hid With Christ in God. Let Divisive Teachers Therefore Beware (3:16-23). Paul now applies his building analo...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 3:16 .— A temple (R.V.) misses, or denies, the typology binding Old Testament and New Testament together here. A case where, as often ( e.g . 1 Corinthians 11:20 ),...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:18-19 The Self-wise Inquirer. Let us inquire what is the vain wisdom of the world, and then we shall the better see how it leads men astray. I. Now, when it is said that to trust...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. Their spiritual part had not grown strong, their old carnal nature still had the...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:1 . Babes in Christ, like children at the breast, requiring to be fed with milk, and not with meat. Our great tutor here addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquenc...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? The two temples Two points comprehend the apostle’s teaching in this chapter. 1. The foundation of Chri...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 3:1-46 The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature. 1 Corinthians 3:1 I… could not speak unto you as unto spiritual. Though softened by the word breth...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Every Christian a temple of God:
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:19 ; 1 Corinthians 1:20 ; 1 Corinthians 2:6 ; 2 Samuel 15:31 ; 2 Samuel 16:23 ; 2 Samuel 17:14 ; 2 Samuel 17:23 ; Esther 7:10 ; Exodus 1:10 ; Exodus 18:11 ; Isaiah 19:11-14...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Carnal and Spiritual Christian 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the othe...
1 Corinthians 3:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For all the boasted wisdom of the world is mere foolishness in the sight of God. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness — Not only while they think they are acting wisely, but by their very wis...

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

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 3:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes