1 Corinthians 1:20 Meaning and Explanation
“Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul challenges the world's experts, asking where they stand now that God has exposed worldly wisdom as folly.
What Does 1 Corinthians 1:20 Mean?
With three sweeping questions, Paul summons the celebrated thinkers of his age, the philosopher, the scholar of the law, the skilled debater, and asks where they now stand before God.
The answer is that God has shown the wisdom of this world to be foolishness. Those who seemed to have all the answers are left with nothing when measured against the cross. Human cleverness, for all its confidence, cannot reach or comprehend God on its own terms. What looked like the height of wisdom proves empty before Him, and the proud are silenced. God alone remains, and His way of saving confounds every earthly expert.
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What does 1 Corinthians 1:20 mean?
Paul challenges the world's experts, asking where they stand now that God has exposed worldly wisdom as folly.