The Vanity of the Wisdom of This World
J. Lyth, D. D. 1 Corinthians 1:19-21 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.… I. GOD PUTS IT TO SHAME. 1. It often blunders in its theories. 2. Always in relation to Divine things. 3. Generally leads to practical error. II. IT HAS UTTERLY FAILED TO REGENERATE THE WORLD. Instead of mending it it has made worse — witness the philosophy of the Greeks and the "age of reason." III. IT IS FULLY EXPOSED BY CHRISTIANITY, which — 1. Succeeds where it fails. 2. Triumphs over it. 3. Will ultimately destroy it. (J. Lyth, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. WEB: For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."