1 Corinthians 1:19,31
1 Corinthians 1:19 New King James Version (NKJV)
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
I Corinthians 1:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.”
1 Corinthians 1:18-21 The Message (MSG)
The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. It’s written, I’ll turn conventional wisdom on its head, I’ll expose so-called experts as shams. So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn’t God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered stupid—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 The Message (MSG)
Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.”
1 Corinthians 1:19 King James Version (KJV)
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1 Corinthians 1:31 King James Version (KJV)
that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:19 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For it is written, “I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE.”
1 Corinthians 1:31 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
so that, just as it is written, “LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.”
1 Corinthians 1:19 New Century Version (NCV)
It is written in the Scriptures: “I will cause the wise to lose their wisdom; I will make the wise unable to understand.”
1 Corinthians 1:31 New Century Version (NCV)
So, as the Scripture says, “If people want to brag, they should brag only about the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 1:19 American Standard Version (ASV)
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.
1 Corinthians 1:31 American Standard Version (ASV)
that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:19 New International Version (NIV)
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
1 Corinthians 1:31 New International Version (NIV)
Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 1:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For it is written and forever remains written, “I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE [the philosophy of the philosophers], AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER [who do not know Me] I WILL NULLIFY.” [Is 29:14]
1 Corinthians 1:31 Amplified Bible (AMP)
so then, as it is written [in Scripture], “HE WHO BOASTS and GLORIES, LET HIM BOAST and GLORY IN THE LORD.” [Jer 9:24]
1 Corinthians 1:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”
1 Corinthians 1:31 New Living Translation (NLT)
Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the LORD.”
1 Corinthians 1:19 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For it is written: I will dismantle the wisdom of the wise and I will invalidate the intelligence of the scholars.
1 Corinthians 1:31 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And this fulfills what is written: If anyone boasts, let him only boast in all that the Lord has done!