1 Corinthians 1:19–27

¹⁹For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

and I will set aside the understanding of the experts. ^hi

²⁰Where is the philosopher? ^jWhere is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? ^kHasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish? ²¹For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached. ²²For the Jews ask for signs ^land the Greeks seek wisdom, ²³but we preach Christ crucified, ^ma stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles. ⁿ²⁴Yet to those who are called, ^oboth Jews and Greeks, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom, ²⁵because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

Boasting Only in the Lord

²⁶Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, ^pnot many powerful, ^qnot many of noble birth. ²⁷Instead, God has chosen ^rwhat is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.