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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. |
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. |
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become foolish that he may become wise. |
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Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a “fool” so that he may become wise. |
Let no person deceive himself. If anyone among you supposes that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [let him discard his worldly discernment and recognize himself as dull, stupid, and foolish, without true learning and scholarship], that he may become [really] wise. |
Let no one continue to be deceiving himself. If, as is the case, anyone among you thinks himself to be wise in the sphere of the things of this age, let him become a fool [in the estimation of this age] in order that he may become wise. |
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Let no one be under any illusion over this. If any man among you thinks himself one of the world’s clever ones, let him discard his cleverness that he learn to be truly wise. |
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone of you supposes that he is wise in this world’s wisdom, as compared with the rest of you, to become really wise he must become a fool. |
Let no man 3367 deceive 1818 himself. 1438 If any man 1536 among 1722 you 5213 seemeth 1380 to be 1511 wise 4680 in 1722 this 5129 world, 165 let him become 1096 a fool, 3474 that 2443 he may be 1096 wise. 4680 |
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