Sage, rabbi, skeptic of this present age??here are they all? Has not God made foolish the philosophy of the world?

Notwithstanding, among those who are mature I do teach philosophy; though not the philosophy of the present age, nor of its rulers who are coming to nought.

None of the rulers of the present age understands it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.

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.

Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, things present or things to come; all things are yours;

For I, although absent in body, yet present in spirit, have already passed sentence, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, on him who has done this thing.

and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.

For I do not wish at this present time to see you merely in passing; but if the Lord permits, I hope to remain some time with you.

I am staying for the present in Ephesus, until Pentecost;