James 3:15 This [superficial] wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly (secular), natural (unspiritual), even demonic.

jas 3:15 AMP

逐节对照

Amplified Bible - This [superficial] wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly (secular), natural (unspiritual), even demonic.
新标点和合本 - 这样的智慧不是从上头来的，乃是属地的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 这样的智慧不是从上头下来的，而是属地上的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 这样的智慧不是从上头下来的，而是属地上的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。
当代译本 - 这种智慧并非来自天上，而是从世俗、私欲和魔鬼来的。
圣经新译本 - 这种智慧不是从天上来的，而是属地的、属血气的和属鬼魔的。
中文标准译本 - 这种智慧不是从上面下来的，而是属地的，属血气的，属鬼魔的。
现代标点和合本 - 这样的智慧不是从上头来的，乃是属地的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。
和合本（拼音版） - 这样的智慧不是从上头来的，乃是属地的、属情欲的、属鬼魔的。
New International Version - Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
New International Reader's Version - Wisdom like this doesn’t come down from heaven. It belongs to the earth. It doesn’t come from the Holy Spirit. It comes from the devil.
English Standard Version - This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
New Living Translation - For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.
Christian Standard Bible - Such wisdom does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
New American Standard Bible - This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.
New King James Version - This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
American Standard Version - This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
King James Version - This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
New English Translation - Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.
World English Bible - This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
新標點和合本 - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭來的，乃是屬地的，屬情慾的，屬鬼魔的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭下來的，而是屬地上的，屬情慾的，屬鬼魔的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭下來的，而是屬地上的，屬情慾的，屬鬼魔的。
當代譯本 - 這種智慧並非來自天上，而是從世俗、私慾和魔鬼來的。
聖經新譯本 - 這種智慧不是從天上來的，而是屬地的、屬血氣的和屬鬼魔的。
呂振中譯本 - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭下來的，是屬地上、屬血氣、屬鬼魔的。
中文標準譯本 - 這種智慧不是從上面下來的，而是屬地的，屬血氣的，屬鬼魔的。
現代標點和合本 - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭來的，乃是屬地的，屬情慾的，屬鬼魔的。
文理和合譯本 - 此智非自上而來、乃屬地與慾與魔也、
文理委辦譯本 - 此智非由上來、乃屬斯世、血氣所激、魔鬼所迷、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 如此智慧、非由上而來、乃屬地、屬血氣、屬鬼魔、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 此之為智、非自上來、乃出自世俗、血氣與魔鬼耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Esa no es la sabiduría que desciende del cielo, sino que es terrenal, puramente humana y diabólica.
현대인의 성경 - 이런 지혜는 하늘에서 온 것이 아니라 세상적이요 정욕적이며 마귀의 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Такая «мудрость» приходит вовсе не с небес, она земная, человеческая, демоническая.
Восточный перевод - Такая «мудрость» приходит вовсе не с небес, она земная, человеческая, демоническая.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Такая «мудрость» приходит вовсе не с небес, она земная, человеческая, демоническая.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Такая «мудрость» приходит вовсе не с небес, она земная, человеческая, демоническая.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Une telle sagesse ne vient certainement pas du ciel, elle est de ce monde, de l’homme sans Dieu, elle est démoniaque.
リビングバイブル - ねたみや敵対心は、神からの知恵ではなく、この世のものであり、真理に逆らう悪霊から来るものです。
Nestle Aland 28 - οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ σοφία ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη ἀλλ’ ἐπίγειος, ψυχική, δαιμονιώδης.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ σοφία ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη, ἀλλὰ ἐπίγειος, ψυχική, δαιμονιώδης.
Nova Versão Internacional - Esse tipo de “sabedoria” não vem dos céus, mas é terrena; não é espiritual, mas é demoníaca.
Hoffnung für alle - Eine solche Weisheit kann niemals von Gott kommen. Sie ist irdisch, ungeistlich, ja teuflisch.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đó không phải là khôn ngoan thiên thượng, mà chỉ là khôn ngoan thế gian, trần tục, khôn ngoan của ác quỷ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “สติปัญญา” แบบนั้นไม่ได้มาจากสวรรค์แต่เป็นแบบโลก ไม่อยู่ฝ่ายวิญญาณและเป็นของมาร
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - สติปัญญาเช่นนี้ไม่ได้ลงมาจากเบื้องบน แต่เป็นปัญญาอย่างโลกซึ่งไม่ใช่ฝ่ายวิญญาณ คือเป็นอย่างมาร
Thai KJV - ปัญญาเช่นนี้ไม่ได้มาจากเบื้องบน แต่เป็นปัญญาอย่างโลก และเป็นเดียรัจฉานตัณหา และเป็นเช่นปีศาจ
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์: ฉบับอ่านเข้าใจง่าย (ขจง) - ความฉลาดอย่างนี้ไม่ได้มาจากพระเจ้า แต่มาจากโลกนี้ ไม่ได้มาจากพระวิญญาณแต่มาจากปีศาจ

交叉引用

2 Samuel 16:23 - The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man had consulted the word of God; that is how all Ahithophel’s counsel was regarded by both David and Absalom.
2 Samuel 15:31 - David was told, “Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
1 Corinthians 3:3 - You are still worldly [controlled by ordinary impulses, the sinful capacity]. For as long as there is jealousy and strife and discord among you, are you not unspiritual, and are you not walking like ordinary men [unchanged by faith]?
Genesis 3:1 - Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
Genesis 3:2 - And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
Genesis 3:3 - except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘You shall not eat from it nor touch it, otherwise you will die.’ ”
Genesis 3:4 - But the serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die!
Genesis 3:5 - For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened [that is, you will have greater awareness], and you will be like God, knowing [the difference between] good and evil.”
Acts 13:10 - and said, “ You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
1 Timothy 4:1 - But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 Samuel 13:3 - But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd (cunning) man.
John 3:17 - For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],
Revelation 9:11 - They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss (the bottomless pit); in Hebrew his name is Abaddon (destruction), and in Greek he is called Apollyon (destroyer-king).
Luke 16:8 - And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers].
Revelation 12:9 - And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 2:24 - But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not explored and known the depths of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you,
1 Corinthians 1:27 - But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty].
2 Corinthians 11:3 - But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.
John 8:44 - You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.
1 Corinthians 2:6 - Yet we do speak wisdom among those spiritually mature [believers who have teachable hearts and a greater understanding]; but [it is a higher] wisdom not [the wisdom] of this present age nor of the rulers and leaders of this age, who are passing away;
1 Corinthians 2:7 - but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom once hidden [from man, but now revealed to us by God, that wisdom] which God predestined before the ages to our glory [to lift us into the glory of His presence].
Jeremiah 4:22 - “For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah]; “They do not know Me; They are foolish children And have no understanding. They are shrewd [enough] to do evil, But they do not know [how] to do good.”
1 Corinthians 1:19 - 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.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
Jude 1:19 - These are the ones who are [agitators] causing divisions—worldly-minded [secular, unspiritual, carnal, merely sensual—unsaved], devoid of the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 11:13 - For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14 - And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15 - So it is no great surprise if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, but their end will correspond with their deeds.
2 Corinthians 1:12 - This is our [reason for] proud confidence: our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [in general], and especially toward you, with pure motives and godly sincerity, not in human wisdom, but in the grace of God [that is, His gracious lovingkindness that leads people to Christ and spiritual maturity].
James 1:5 - If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him.
Philippians 3:19 - whose fate is destruction, whose god is their belly [their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity], and whose glory is in their shame—who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things.
1 Corinthians 2:14 - But the natural [unbelieving] man does not accept the things [the teachings and revelations] of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness [absurd and illogical] to him; and he is incapable of understanding them, because they are spiritually discerned and appreciated, [and he is unqualified to judge spiritual matters].
1 Corinthians 3:19 - For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (absurdity, stupidity) before God; for it is written [in Scripture], “[He is] The one who catches the wise and clever in their craftiness;”
James 1:17 - Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [for He is perfect and never changes].
James 3:17 - But the wisdom from above is first pure [morally and spiritually undefiled], then peace-loving [courteous, considerate], gentle, reasonable [and willing to listen], full of compassion and good fruits. It is unwavering, without [self-righteous] hypocrisy [and self-serving guile].

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - This [superficial] wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly (secular), natural (unspiritual), even demonic.
新标点和合本 - 这样的智慧不是从上头来的，乃是属地的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 这样的智慧不是从上头下来的，而是属地上的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 这样的智慧不是从上头下来的，而是属地上的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。
当代译本 - 这种智慧并非来自天上，而是从世俗、私欲和魔鬼来的。
圣经新译本 - 这种智慧不是从天上来的，而是属地的、属血气的和属鬼魔的。
中文标准译本 - 这种智慧不是从上面下来的，而是属地的，属血气的，属鬼魔的。
现代标点和合本 - 这样的智慧不是从上头来的，乃是属地的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。
和合本（拼音版） - 这样的智慧不是从上头来的，乃是属地的、属情欲的、属鬼魔的。
New International Version - Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
New International Reader's Version - Wisdom like this doesn’t come down from heaven. It belongs to the earth. It doesn’t come from the Holy Spirit. It comes from the devil.
English Standard Version - This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
New Living Translation - For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.
Christian Standard Bible - Such wisdom does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
New American Standard Bible - This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.
New King James Version - This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
American Standard Version - This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
King James Version - This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
New English Translation - Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.
World English Bible - This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
新標點和合本 - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭來的，乃是屬地的，屬情慾的，屬鬼魔的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭下來的，而是屬地上的，屬情慾的，屬鬼魔的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭下來的，而是屬地上的，屬情慾的，屬鬼魔的。
當代譯本 - 這種智慧並非來自天上，而是從世俗、私慾和魔鬼來的。
聖經新譯本 - 這種智慧不是從天上來的，而是屬地的、屬血氣的和屬鬼魔的。
呂振中譯本 - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭下來的，是屬地上、屬血氣、屬鬼魔的。
中文標準譯本 - 這種智慧不是從上面下來的，而是屬地的，屬血氣的，屬鬼魔的。
現代標點和合本 - 這樣的智慧不是從上頭來的，乃是屬地的，屬情慾的，屬鬼魔的。
文理和合譯本 - 此智非自上而來、乃屬地與慾與魔也、
文理委辦譯本 - 此智非由上來、乃屬斯世、血氣所激、魔鬼所迷、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 如此智慧、非由上而來、乃屬地、屬血氣、屬鬼魔、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 此之為智、非自上來、乃出自世俗、血氣與魔鬼耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Esa no es la sabiduría que desciende del cielo, sino que es terrenal, puramente humana y diabólica.
현대인의 성경 - 이런 지혜는 하늘에서 온 것이 아니라 세상적이요 정욕적이며 마귀의 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Такая «мудрость» приходит вовсе не с небес, она земная, человеческая, демоническая.
Восточный перевод - Такая «мудрость» приходит вовсе не с небес, она земная, человеческая, демоническая.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Такая «мудрость» приходит вовсе не с небес, она земная, человеческая, демоническая.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Такая «мудрость» приходит вовсе не с небес, она земная, человеческая, демоническая.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Une telle sagesse ne vient certainement pas du ciel, elle est de ce monde, de l’homme sans Dieu, elle est démoniaque.
リビングバイブル - ねたみや敵対心は、神からの知恵ではなく、この世のものであり、真理に逆らう悪霊から来るものです。
Nestle Aland 28 - οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ σοφία ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη ἀλλ’ ἐπίγειος, ψυχική, δαιμονιώδης.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ σοφία ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη, ἀλλὰ ἐπίγειος, ψυχική, δαιμονιώδης.
Nova Versão Internacional - Esse tipo de “sabedoria” não vem dos céus, mas é terrena; não é espiritual, mas é demoníaca.
Hoffnung für alle - Eine solche Weisheit kann niemals von Gott kommen. Sie ist irdisch, ungeistlich, ja teuflisch.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đó không phải là khôn ngoan thiên thượng, mà chỉ là khôn ngoan thế gian, trần tục, khôn ngoan của ác quỷ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “สติปัญญา” แบบนั้นไม่ได้มาจากสวรรค์แต่เป็นแบบโลก ไม่อยู่ฝ่ายวิญญาณและเป็นของมาร
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - สติปัญญาเช่นนี้ไม่ได้ลงมาจากเบื้องบน แต่เป็นปัญญาอย่างโลกซึ่งไม่ใช่ฝ่ายวิญญาณ คือเป็นอย่างมาร
Thai KJV - ปัญญาเช่นนี้ไม่ได้มาจากเบื้องบน แต่เป็นปัญญาอย่างโลก และเป็นเดียรัจฉานตัณหา และเป็นเช่นปีศาจ
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์: ฉบับอ่านเข้าใจง่าย (ขจง) - ความฉลาดอย่างนี้ไม่ได้มาจากพระเจ้า แต่มาจากโลกนี้ ไม่ได้มาจากพระวิญญาณแต่มาจากปีศาจ

2 Samuel 16:23 - The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man had consulted the word of God; that is how all Ahithophel’s counsel was regarded by both David and Absalom.
2 Samuel 15:31 - David was told, “Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
1 Corinthians 3:3 - You are still worldly [controlled by ordinary impulses, the sinful capacity]. For as long as there is jealousy and strife and discord among you, are you not unspiritual, and are you not walking like ordinary men [unchanged by faith]?
Genesis 3:1 - Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
Genesis 3:2 - And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
Genesis 3:3 - except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘You shall not eat from it nor touch it, otherwise you will die.’ ”
Genesis 3:4 - But the serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die!
Genesis 3:5 - For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened [that is, you will have greater awareness], and you will be like God, knowing [the difference between] good and evil.”
Acts 13:10 - and said, “ You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
1 Timothy 4:1 - But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 Samuel 13:3 - But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd (cunning) man.
John 3:17 - For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],
Revelation 9:11 - They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss (the bottomless pit); in Hebrew his name is Abaddon (destruction), and in Greek he is called Apollyon (destroyer-king).
Luke 16:8 - And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers].
Revelation 12:9 - And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 2:24 - But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not explored and known the depths of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you,
1 Corinthians 1:27 - But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty].
2 Corinthians 11:3 - But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.
John 8:44 - You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.
1 Corinthians 2:6 - Yet we do speak wisdom among those spiritually mature [believers who have teachable hearts and a greater understanding]; but [it is a higher] wisdom not [the wisdom] of this present age nor of the rulers and leaders of this age, who are passing away;
1 Corinthians 2:7 - but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom once hidden [from man, but now revealed to us by God, that wisdom] which God predestined before the ages to our glory [to lift us into the glory of His presence].
Jeremiah 4:22 - “For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah]; “They do not know Me; They are foolish children And have no understanding. They are shrewd [enough] to do evil, But they do not know [how] to do good.”
1 Corinthians 1:19 - 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.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
Jude 1:19 - These are the ones who are [agitators] causing divisions—worldly-minded [secular, unspiritual, carnal, merely sensual—unsaved], devoid of the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 11:13 - For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14 - And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15 - So it is no great surprise if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, but their end will correspond with their deeds.
2 Corinthians 1:12 - This is our [reason for] proud confidence: our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [in general], and especially toward you, with pure motives and godly sincerity, not in human wisdom, but in the grace of God [that is, His gracious lovingkindness that leads people to Christ and spiritual maturity].
James 1:5 - If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him.
Philippians 3:19 - whose fate is destruction, whose god is their belly [their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity], and whose glory is in their shame—who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things.
1 Corinthians 2:14 - But the natural [unbelieving] man does not accept the things [the teachings and revelations] of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness [absurd and illogical] to him; and he is incapable of understanding them, because they are spiritually discerned and appreciated, [and he is unqualified to judge spiritual matters].
1 Corinthians 3:19 - For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (absurdity, stupidity) before God; for it is written [in Scripture], “[He is] The one who catches the wise and clever in their craftiness;”
James 1:17 - Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [for He is perfect and never changes].
James 3:17 - But the wisdom from above is first pure [morally and spiritually undefiled], then peace-loving [courteous, considerate], gentle, reasonable [and willing to listen], full of compassion and good fruits. It is unwavering, without [self-righteous] hypocrisy [and self-serving guile].