18Do 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.


In Context

15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

18 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.

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness" ;

20 and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."

1st Corinthians 3:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18Let 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:18Let 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:18Let 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:18Let 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18Let 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age — let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.