1 Corinthians 3:18-23

Divisions in the Church

¹⁸ _e Let no one deceive himself. _f If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For _g the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, _h "He catches the wise in their craftiness," ²⁰ and again, _i "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile." ²¹ So _j let no one boast in men. For _k all things are yours, ²² whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future - all are yours, ²³ and _l you are Christ's, and _m Christ is God's.

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 5:21
   Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
   Galatians 6:3
   For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 8:2
   If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
   Jeremiah 8:8 - 9
   How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 1:20
   Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
   
4. Cross References
   Job 5:13
   He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
   
5. Cross References
   Job 5:13
   He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
   
6. Cross References
   Psalms 94:11
   The Lord - knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 94:11
   The Lord - knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
   
8. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 3:4 - 6
   For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not being merely human?
   1 Corinthians 1:12
   What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ.
   1 Corinthians 4:6
   I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
   
9. Cross References
   Romans 8:28
   And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
   
10. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 10:7
    Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
    Galatians 3:29
    And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
    
11. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 11:3
    But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.