1 Corinthians 3:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 3:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 3:20 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 3:20 — KJV
“And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”
— 1 Corinthians 3:20 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 3:20 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 3:20
“Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:20: again, lord, wise
“The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:20: again, lord, knoweth
“And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:20: again, lord, vain
“The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:20: lord, knoweth, thoughts
“How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. in vain made...: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:20: lord, wise, vain
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