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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
Man's wisdom detracts from the glory of God, who is more honoured by the simplicity of the gospel, than luxuriance of wit.
There is some kind of mistake with respect to every kind of truth and knowledge that can't be avoided if one does not know God but can be avoided if one does know God.
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It is our wisdom and duty to begin every day with God.
Oh, suffer me not to be wise in mine own eyes, and thereby to turn away mine ears from the words of them that are indued with spiritual wisdom; but cause me to hear counsel, and receive instruction, that I may be wise for my latter end.
The message of wisdom is the full scope of God's teaching on salvation and the Christian life, which only "the mature" digest and appropriate. It is Christ Jesus, "our righteousness, holiness and redemption" (1:30). Lightfoot makes the intriguing suggestion that Colossians, Ephesians and to a lesser extent Romans reflect the content of this wisdom.
A more specific identification, however, is to equate "God's wisdom" (v. 7) with "the mind of Christ" (v. 16), and to take them both to refer in context to the wisdom of the cross applied to everyday life.Pillar Commentary
Of the 28 times Paul uses the noun "wisdom" in his letters, 15 appear in 1 Corinthians 1:17-2:13 (with another appearance in 3:19 which recaps the argument of 1:18-2:5). Additionally, the adjective "wise" occurs ten times in chapters 1-3. With this data in mind, a number of commentators surmise that the Corinthians were infatuated with wisdom and Paul is tackling the problem head on at the outset of the letter.Pillar Commentary
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