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1 Corinthians 3:18


KJV
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.
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NKJV
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
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NASB
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become foolish that he may become wise.
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NIV
Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise.
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Amp.
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.
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Wuest
Let no one continue to be deceiving himself. If, as is the case, anyone among you thinks himself to be wise in the sphere of the things of this age, let him become a fool [in the estimation of this age] in order that he may become wise.
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Phps.
Let no one be under any illusion over this. If any man among you thinks himself one of the world's clever ones, let him discard his cleverness that he learn to be truly wise.
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Wms.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone of you supposes that he is wise in this world's wisdom, as compared with the rest of you, to become really wise he must become a fool.
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Writings on the Paidion Books Site
That Reference This Scripture

  1. Fearing Man; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
  2. Teachings of the Spirit - Neil Girrard
  3. The Word "Deceived" the Description of Every Unregenerate Man; War On the Saints - Jesse Penn-Lewis
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