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The Danger of Self-Deception
Commentators agree that Paul's warning, 'Let no man deceive himself,' targets the root cause of the Corinthian church's divisions: pride in human wisdom. Scholars like Barnes and Calvin explain that by valuing worldly philosophy and eloquent teachers, the people were deceiving themselves, leading to quarrels and factions.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 3:18
18th Century
Theologian
Let no man deceive himself. The apostle here proceeds to make a practical application of the truths which he had stated, and to urge on th…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man deceive himself (Μηδεις εαυτον εξαπατω). A warning that implied that some of them were guilty of doing it (μη and the p…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 3:18
19th Century
Bishop
Passing from the difference between the work of one teacher and that of another, which has occupied him since 1 Corinthians 3:5, the Ap…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 3:17–18
19th Century
Preacher
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Let no man deceive himself. If …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 3:18
Paul now returns to the subject of “wisdom” (GK 5055) and warns the believers not to be deceived into thinking that the wisdom of this human age is…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 3:18
16th Century
Theologian
Let no man deceive himself. Here he identifies the core issue, as the whole problem originated in this: they were wise in their own concei…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 3:18
17th Century
Pastor
Let no man deceive himself
With vain notions of serving God and religion, and of doing the churches good by his carn…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 3:18–23
17th Century
Minister
To have a high opinion of our own wisdom is only to flatter ourselves, and self-flattery is the next step to self-deceit. The wisdom that worldly m…