1 Corinthians 1:19-21 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.… Lessing, after toiling at the task of establishing a morality which should be independent of revelation, confesses his failure in this plaintive cry: "If any one can convince me that Christianity is true he will confer on me the greatest benefit that one can offer to another." Parallel Verses KJV: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. |