1 Corinthians 3:18 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Let no person deceive himself. If anyone among you supposes that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [let him discard his worldly discernment and recognize himself as dull, stupid, and foolish, without true learning and scholarship], that he may become [really] wise. [Isa. 5:21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Don’t fool yourself. If some of you think they are worldly-wise, then they should become foolish so that they can become wise.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly wise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself: if any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 3:18 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see persons wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 5:7

And now, my child, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”

Isaiah 5:21

Ah, you who are wise in your own eyes, and shrewd in your own sight!

Jeremiah 37:9

Thus says the Lord: Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go away.

Jeremiah 8:8

How can you say, “We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us,” when, in fact, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie?

Matthew 13:22

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.

Matthew 18:4

Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:15

Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”

Luke 18:17

Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”

Luke 21:8

And he said, “Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is near!’ Do not go after them.

Romans 11:25

So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites,

Galatians 6:3

For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.

Galatians 6:7

Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.

2 Timothy 3:13

But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

James 1:26

If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

1 John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.