Friday, November 9, 2012

The Worldly Wise Man and Wisdom,1 Corinthians 3.18-23

The Worldly Wise Man and Wisdom,1 Corinthians 3.18-23
If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world,This seems to refer to some individual in the Church of Corinth, who had caused trouble that led to disputes and disunity; probably Diotrephes, who is mentioned in 3 John 1.9: “I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not,” or someone with a similar attitude, who wanted to have the pre-eminence, and thought he was wiser than everyone else. Every Christian Church has one or more of these.

It may be that Paul is being a little sarcastic here. Of course the Corinthians did consider themselves wise in their time! That was one of their problems, they loved worldly wisdom.

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