1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Christ the Power and Wisdom of God
18For the word of the cross is afoolishness to bthose who 1are perishing, but to us who 2are being saved, it is cthe power of God. 19For it is written, “aI will destroy the wisdom of the wise,And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”
20aWhere is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of bthis age? Has not God cmade foolish the wisdom of dthe world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, athe world through its wisdom did not come to know God, bGod was well-pleased, through the cfoolishness of the 1message preached, to dsave those who believe. 22For indeed aJews ask for 1signs and Greeks search for wisdom, 23but we preach 1,aChrist crucified, bto Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles cfoolishness, 24but to those who are athe called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ bthe power of God and cthe wisdom of God. 25Because the afoolishness of God is wiser than men, and bthe weakness of God is stronger than men.