2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## Let no man deceive himself ##
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Nobody should believe the lie that he himself is wise in this world.
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## in this age ##
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"now"
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## let him become a "fool" that he may become wise ##
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"that person should accept what the world thinks is foolishness, in order to gain God's true wisdom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
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## "He catches the wise in their craftiness" ##
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God traps the people who think they are clever, and uses their own schemes to trap them.
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## "The Lord knows that the reasoning of the wise" ##
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AT:"The Lord know the plans of people who think they are wise" or "The Lord overhears all the planning of the wise" (UDB)
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## futile ##
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"useless." AT: "worthless" or "pointless."
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