1 Corinthians 1:21

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21 G1063 For G1894 when G1722 in G4678 the wisdom G2316 of God G2889 the world G1223 by G4678 wisdom G1097 [G5627] knew G3756 not G2316 God, G2106 [G5656] it pleased G2316 God G1223 by G3472 the foolishness G2782 of proclamation G4982 [G5658] to save G4100 [G5723] them that believe.

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in.
1 Corinthians 1:24; Daniel 2:20; Romans 11:33; Ephesians 3:10
the wisdom.Dr. Lightfoot well observes, "that [sophia tou theos,] the wisdom of God, is not to be understood of that wisdom which had God for its author, but of that wisdom which had God for its object. There was, among the heathen, [sophia tes physeos,] wisdom about natural things, that is philosophy; and [sophia tou theos,] wisdom about God, that is, divinity. But the world, in its divinity, could not, by wisdom, know God." The wisest of the heathen had no just and correct views of the Divine nature; of which the works of Cicero and Lucretius are incontestable proofs.
the world.
Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21; Romans 1:20-22; Romans 1:28
the foolishness.
1 Corinthians 1:18