19 For ^gthe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ^h“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

2 But we have renounced ^zdisgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice¹ cunning or ^ato tamper with God’s word, but ^bby the open statement of the truth ^cwe would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

3 But I am afraid that ^qas the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts ^rwill be led astray from a ^ssincere and ^tpure devotion to Christ.

14 so that we may no longer be children, ^wtossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in ^xdeceitful schemes.

16 But granting that ^bI myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit.