17 If any man [a]destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.

18 [b]Let no man deceive himself: If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him be a fool, that he may be wise.

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is written, (A)He [c]catcheth the wise in their own craftiness.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Defileth it, and maketh it unclean, being holy: and surely they do defile it, by Paul’s judgment, which by fleshly eloquence defile the purity of the Gospel.
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:18 He concludeth by the contrary, that they profess pure wisdom in the Church of God, which refuse and cast away all those vanities of men, and if they be mocked of the world, it is sufficient for them that they be wise according to the wisdom of God, and as he will have them to be wise.
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Be they never so crafty, yet the Lord will take them when he shall discover their treachery.

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