Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Que nul ne s'abuse lui-même: si quelqu'un parmi vous pense être sage selon ce siècle, qu'il devienne fou, afin de devenir sage.
KJV
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
is not the way to arrive at the other. But folly is the way to arrive at wisdom, for it is written ( 1 Cor. 3:18 ): "If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise." Therefore folly is not opposed to wisdom. Objection 3: Further, on…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
For there is a wisdom according to God, which has human or worldly folly annexed to it, according to 1 Cor. 3:18, "If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool that he may be wise." But there is another wisdom that is worldly, which as the same text g…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 101 (Migne)
, in carne sua peccat: et majoris est criminis, quia tollit membra Christi, et facit membra diaboli (I Cor. III, 18) . Libidinosi dicuntur, qui faciunt quod eis libet: sunt enim cupidi voluptatis. Sodomitae interpretantur exclusores ipsorum. Adulteri dicuntur, quia alterius torum…
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