1 Corinthians 1:21

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Hath not God made the wysdome of this worlde folisshnes? For when the worlde thorow wysdome knew not God in ye wysdome of God: it pleased God thorow folisshnes of preachinge to save them yt beleve.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 10:21 : 21 That same tyme reioysed Iesus in ye sprete and sayde: I confesse vnto ye father Lorde of heaven and erth yt thou hast hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudent and hast opened them to the babes. Even so father for soo pleased it the.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At yt tyme Iesus answered and sayd: I prayse ye o father LORde of heve and erth because thou hast hid these thinges fro the wyse and prudet and hast opened the vnto babes:
  • 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 but vnto the which are called both of Iewes and Grekes we preache Christ ye power of God and the wysdome of God.
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 to the intent that now vnto the rulars and powers in heven myght be knowe by the cogregacion ye many folde wisdome of god
  • Rom 1:20-22 : 20 So that his invisible thinges: that is to saye his eternall power and godhed are vnderstonde and sene by the workes from the creacion of the worlde. So that they are without excuse 21 in as moche as when they knewe god they glorified him not as God nether were thakfull but wexed full of vanities in their imaginacions and their folisshe hertes were blynded. 22 When they couted them selves wyse they became foles
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And as it semed not good vnto them to be aknowen of God even so God delivered them vp vnto a leawde mynd yt they shuld do tho thinges which were not comly
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depnes of the aboundaunt wysdome and knowledge of God: how vnserchable are his iudgementes and his wayes past findyng out.

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  • 1 Cor 1:17-20
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    17For Christ sent me not to baptyse but to preache ye gospell not with wysdome of wordes lest the crosse of Christ shuld have bene made of none effecte.

    18For ye preachinge of the crosse is to them yt perisshe folishnes: but vnto vs which are saved it is ye power of God.

    19For it is written: I will destroye the wysdome of the wyse and will cast awaye the vnderstondinge of the prudet.

    20Where is the wyse? Where is the scrybe? Where is the searcher of this worlde?

  • 1 Cor 1:22-31
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    22For ye Iewes requyre a signe and the Grekes seke after wysdome.

    23But we preache Christ crucified vnto the Iewes an occasion of fallinge and vnto the Grekes folisshnes:

    24but vnto the which are called both of Iewes and Grekes we preache Christ ye power of God and the wysdome of God.

    25For the folishnes of God is wyser then me: and the weakenes of God is stronger then men.

    26Brethren loke on youre callinge how that not many wyse men after the flesshe not many myghty not many of hye degre are called:

    27but God hath chosen the folysshe thinges of the worlde to confounde the wyse. And God hath chosyn the weake thinges of the worlde to confounde thinges which are mighty.

    28And vile thinges of the worlde and thinges which are despysed hath God chosen yee and thinges of no reputacion for to brynge to nought thinges of reputacion

    29that no flesshe shulde reioyce in his presence.

    30And vnto him partayne ye in Christ Iesu which of God is made vnto vs wysdome and also rightewesnes and saunctifyinge and redempcion.

    31That accordinge as it is written: he which reioyseth shulde reioyce in the Lorde.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18Let no man deceave him silfe. Yf eny man seme wyse amonge you let him be a fole in this worlde that he maye be wyse.

    19For ye wisdome of this worlde is folysshnes with god. For it is writte: he compaseth the wyse in their craftynes.

    20And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.

  • Rom 1:16-23
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    16For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ because it is ye power of God vnto salvacio to all yt beleve namely to the Iewe and also to ye getyle.

    17For by it ye rightewesnes which cometh of god is opened fro fayth to fayth. As it is written: The iust shall live by fayth.

    18For the wrath of God apereth from heven agaynst all vngodlynes and vnrightewesnes of me which withholde ye trueth in vnrightewesnes

    19seynge what maye be knowen of God that same is manifest amoge them. For God dyd shewe it vnto them.

    20So that his invisible thinges: that is to saye his eternall power and godhed are vnderstonde and sene by the workes from the creacion of the worlde. So that they are without excuse

    21in as moche as when they knewe god they glorified him not as God nether were thakfull but wexed full of vanities in their imaginacions and their folisshe hertes were blynded.

    22When they couted them selves wyse they became foles

    23and turned the glory of the immortall god vnto the similitude of the ymage of mortall man and of byrdes and foure foted beastes and of serpentes.

  • 1 Cor 2:4-8
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    4And my wordes and my preachinge were not with entysynge wordes of manes wysdome: but in shewinge of ye sprete and of power

    5that youre fayth shuld not stonde in ye wysdome of me but in yt power of God.

    6That we speake of is wysdome amonge them that are perfecte: not the wysdome of this worlde nether of the rulars of this worlde (which go to nought)

    7but we speake ye wysdome of God which is in secrete and lieth hyd which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glory:

    8which wysdome none of ye rulars of the worlde knewe. For had they knowe it they wolde not have crucified the Lorde of glory.

  • 1 Cor 2:14
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    14For ye naturall man perceaveth not the thinges of the sprete of god. For they are but folysshnes vnto him. Nether can he perceave them because he is spretually examined.

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
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    1And I brethren when I came to you came not in gloriousnes of wordes or of wysdome shewynge vnto you the testimony of God.

    2Nether shewed I my selfe that I knewe eny thinge amonge you save Iesus Christ eve the same that was crucified.

  • 2 Cor 4:3-4
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    3Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd it is hid amoge them that are lost

    4in whom ye god of this worlde hath blynded the myndes of them which beleve not lest the light of ye glorious gospell of Christ which is the ymage of god shuld shyne vnto them.

  • Eph 3:9-10
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    9and to make all men se what the felyshippe of the mistery is which from the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hid in God which made all thynges thorow Iesus Christ

    10to the intent that now vnto the rulars and powers in heven myght be knowe by the cogregacion ye many folde wisdome of god

  • 2 Tim 1:9
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    9which saved vs and called vs wt an holy callinge not acordinge to oure dedes but accordynge to his awne purpose and grace which grace was geve vs thorowe Christ Iesu before the worlde was

  • Eph 1:8-9
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    8which grace he shed on vs aboundantly in all wisdome and perceavaunce.

    9And hath openned vnto vs the mistery of his will accordinge to his pleasure and purposed the same in hym silfe

  • Gal 3:1
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    1O folisshe Galathyas: who hath bewitched you that ye shuld not beleve the trueth? To whom Iesus Christ was described before the eyes and amoge you crucified.

  • Rom 15:21
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    21but as it is written: To whom he was not spoken of they shall se: and they that hearde not shall vnderstonde.

  • 2 Cor 11:16-17
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    16I saye agayne lest eny man thynke yt I am folishe: or els eve now take me as a fole that I maye bost my silfe a lytell.

    17That I speake I speake it not after the wayes of the LORde: but as it were folysshly whill we are now come to bostynge.

  • Titus 3:4
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    4But after that the kyndnes and love of oure saveoure God to mawarde appered

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10We are foles for Christes sake and ye are wyse thorow Christ. We are weake and ye are stroge. Ye are honorable and we are despised.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5For oure gospell came not vnto you in worde only but also in power and also in the holy gost and in moche certayntie as ye knowe after what maner we behaued oure selves amonge you for youre sakes.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14God forbyd that I shuld reioyce but in the crosse of oure Lorde Iesu Christ wherby the worlde is crucified as touchinge me and I as concerninge the worlde.

  • Col 1:28
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    28whom we preach warnynge all men and teachinge all men in all wisdome to make all men parfect in Christ Iesu.