²⁰Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe. ²²For indeed, Jews ask for sign miracles and Greeks seek wisdom, ²³but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness, ²⁴but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom,^f and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.^g

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²⁶For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise according to human standards,^h not many were powerful, not many were well born. ²⁷But the foolish things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong,

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Footnotes

eA quotation from Isa 29:14
fLiterally “man”
gLiterally “man”
hLiterally “according to flesh”