...they are foolishness unto him ; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." " Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth...the thoughts of the wise that they are vain."* He also declares, " Though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge,...

...FALSE PHILOSOPHY, A GREAT OBSTACLE TO THE RECEPTION OF CHRISTIANITY. 1 CORINTHIANS, iii. 18, 19,20. — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth...knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain. THE purport of the passage which I have just recited, appears, on a superficial view, to militate against...

...because they are spiritually discerned." " Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seeraeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that...the thoughts of the wise that they are vain."* He also declares, " Though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge,...

...THEY ARE VAIN. 1 CORINTHIANS III. 20. -. IN the eighteenth verse of this chapter, St. Paul says, ' Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth...for it is written, He taketh the wise in their own i craftiness.' t>| These words, together with the text, are paraphrased by Doddridge in the following...

...CORINTHIANS, iii. 18, 19,20. — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be ivise in this world. let him become a fool, that he may...world is foolishness with God. For it is written, he taheth the wise in their oum craftiness. And again, the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that...

...passage in one of St. Paul's Epistles, has often puzzled me, but now I begin to understand its meaning. ' Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth...world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.' I once thought that I could acquire a knowledge of revealed truth, as we acquire a knowledge of any...

...defile the tempie of God, him shall God destroy : for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth...world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their...

...pertaining to the kingdom of God. " Let no maa/' saith the holy apostle, " deceive himself. Jf any roan among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him...wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God."* Even with regard to earthly knowledge, none are so ignorant as those who are unwilling...

...little child, " shall not enter therein." The apostle employs a still bolder figure, where he says, " If any man " among you seemeth to be wise in this...world, let " him become a fool, that he may be wise." The third and last quality I shall mention, is patience. Nothing can more endanger our forming false...

...instruct him ? but we have the mind of Christ. — 1 Cor. ii. 2. 7, 8. 10—12. 14. 16. Ps. xcii. 5, 6. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. — 1 Cor. iii. 18. Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world ? &c. Know ye not that your...