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Let no one deceive himself

Nobody should believe the lie that he himself is wise in this world.

in this age

according to the way people who do not believe decide what is wise

let him become a "fool"

"that person should be willing to have people who do not believe call him a fool" (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 is futile

"The Lord knows that what people who think they are wise plan to do is futile"

futile

useless

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