Such Christians, Paul insists, need to hear afresh the effective reality of the cross as a reversal of all “natural” human values. For what the world naturally perceives as sheer folly is in fact divine power and divine wisdom. For God’s so-called “foolishness” is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s supposed weakness is stronger than human strength (v. 25). This act of “reversal” exposes the limitations of human perceptions and the fallibility of human knowledge. Two “worlds” confront each other at