I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.

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.

This I say to your shame. Is there utterly no wise man among you? What, not one at all? That can judge between brother and brother?

for the wisdom of this world is folly, in the eye of God: as it is written, "he surprizes the wise in all their artifices."

For the Scripture says: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the learning of the learned."

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

For consider, brothers, the way God called you; that not many of you, in accordance with human standards, were wise, not many influential, not many of high birth.

Just the opposite: God chose what the world calls foolish to put the wise to shame, what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame,

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

and again, "The Lord knows that the arguings of the wise are useless."

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

To one, wise speech is given by the Spirit; to another, by the same Spirit, intelligent speech is given;

My message and my preaching were not accompanied by clever, wise words, but by a display of the Spirit's power,

These things, my brethren, I have by a figure transferred to myself, and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye may learn in us not to be wise above what is written, that ye may not be puffed up for one against another.