1 CORINTHIANS 3:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”
And again, 'The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile' — the second quotation from Psalm 94:11 reinforces the verdict: God's knowledge of the wise's 'thoughts' (dialogismos, reasonings) reveals them as 'futile' (mataia, empty, vain). The Corinthians' intellectual sophistication appears impressive to humans but hollow to God. This is not anti-intellectual but anti-pride.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 3:20
“For the Lord,” says he, “knows the reasonings of men Psalm 94:11. ἀνθρώπων Septuagint that they are vain.” Now when the Wisdom which is boundless pronounces this edict concerning them, and declares them to be such, what other proof do you seek of their extreme folly? For men's judgments, it is true, in many instances fail; but the decree of God is unexceptionable and uncorrupt in every case. Thus having set up so splendid a trophy of the judgment from on high, he employs in…
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