en_tn/1co/03/18.md

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## Let no man deceive himself ##
Nobody should believe the lie that he himself is wise in this world.
## in this age ##
"now"
## let him become a "fool" that he may become wise ##
"that person should accept what the world thinks is foolishness, in order to gain God's true wisdom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
## "He catches the wise in their craftiness" ##
God traps the people who think they are clever, and uses their own schemes to trap them.
## "The Lord knows that the reasoning of the wise" ##
AT:"The Lord know the plans of people who think they are wise" or "The Lord overhears all the planning of the wise" (UDB)
## futile ##
"useless." AT: "worthless" or "pointless."