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

Yet we do speak wisdom among those spiritually mature [believers who have teachable hearts and a greater understanding]; but [it is a higher] wisdom not [the wisdom] of this present age nor of the rulers and leaders of this age, who are passing away;

Nay, ye yourselves do wrong, and rob: and that the brethren.

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

But I myself have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this just to make it so in my case, for I had rather die than do that. No one shall rob me of this ground of boasting.

Brethren, do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds. As regards evil, indeed, be utter babes, but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years.