Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
Let no one of you deceive himself. If any one of you imagines that he is wiser than the rest of you, in what this world calls wisdom, he had better become a fool, so as to become really wise.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
No one should deceive
International Standard Version
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.
A Conservative Version
Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
American Standard Version
Let 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.
Amplified
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [discarding his worldly pretensions and acknowledging his lack of wisdom], so that he may become [truly] wise.
An Understandable Version
No one should fool himself. If any person among you thinks he is smart, by human standards, he should become a "fool," so that he can become [really] wise.
Anderson New Testament
Let no one deceive himself: if any one among you is considered as wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Bible in Basic English
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
Common New Testament
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become a fool so that he may become wise.
Daniel Mace New Testament
let no man deceive himself: if any among you pretends to worldly wisdom, let him commence fool, in order to be truly wise.
Darby Translation
Let 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.
Godbey New Testament
Let no one deceive himself. If any one seems to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
John Wesley New Testament
Let none deceive himself: if any one among you thinketh himself to be wise, let him become a fool in this world, that he may become wise.
Julia Smith Translation
Let none completely deceive himself. If any think to be wise in this life, let him be foolish, that he may he wise.
King James 2000
Let 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks [himself] to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise.
Modern King James verseion
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool so that he may be wise.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let no man deceive himself. If any man seem wise among you, let him be a fool in this world, that he may be wise.
Moffatt New Testament
Let no one deceive himself about this; whoever of you imagines he is wise with this world's wisdom must become a 'fool,' if he is really to be wise.
Montgomery New Testament
Let no one deceive himself. If any one of you supposes that he is wise in the philosophy of the present age, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
NET Bible
Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
New Heart English Bible
Let 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.
Noyes New Testament
Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
Sawyer New Testament
Let no one deceive himself; if any one seems to be wise among you in this life, let him be a fool, that he may be wise.
The Emphasized Bible
Let no one be deceiving himself: - if anyone imagineth himself to be wise among you, in this age, let him become foolish, that he may become wise;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinketh himself a wise man in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, he is a wise man, let him become a 'fool,' that he may become wise.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become "foolish" so that he may be wise.
Williams New Testament
Let no one deceive himself. If any one 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.
World English Bible
Let 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.
Worrell New Testament
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
Worsley New Testament
Let no one deceive himself: if any among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be truly wise.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let 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,
Themes
Craftiness » Who the lord takes in their own craftiness
Foolishness » What is foolishness with God
Simplicity » Should be exhibited » Concerning our own wisdom
Topics
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 3:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Divisiveness And Immaturity
17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is sacred, and that is what you are. 18 Let no one of you deceive himself. If any one of you imagines that he is wiser than the rest of you, in what this world calls wisdom, he had better become a fool, so as to become really wise. 19 For this world's wisdom is foolishness to God. For the Scripture says, "He who catches the wise with their own cunning,"
Names
Cross References
Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks he is somebody when he is really nobody, he is deceiving himself.
Matthew 18:4
Anyone, therefore, who is as unassuming as this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven,
Mark 10:15
I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it at all."
Luke 18:17
I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."
Luke 21:8
And he said, "Take care not to be misled. For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am he,' and 'The time is at hand.' Do not follow them.
Romans 11:25
For to keep you from thinking too well of yourselves, brothers, I do not want you to miss this secret, that only partial insensibility has come upon Israel, to last until all the heathen have come in,
Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be too ambitious, but accept humble tasks. Do not be conceited.
1 Corinthians 1:18-21
For to those who are on the way to destruction, the story of the cross is nonsense, but to us who are to be saved, it means all the power of God.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made fools of, for the sake of Christ, while you are men of sense, through being united with him. We are weak, you are strong. You are distinguished, we are despised.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice
1 Corinthians 8:1-2
About food that has been offered to idols, it is true, as you say, that we all have some knowledge on that matter. Knowledge gives people airs; love is what builds up character.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be misled. Bad company ruins character.
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived. God is not to be sneered at. A man will reap just what he sows.
Ephesians 5:6
Whatever anyone may say in the way of worthless arguments to deceive you, these are the things that are bringing God's anger down upon the disobedient.
2 Timothy 3:13
and bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.
James 1:22
Obey the message; do not merely listen to it, and deceive yourselves.
James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious observances are of no account.
1 John 1:8
If we say, "We are without any sin," we are deceiving ourselves, and there is no truth in our hearts.