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1 Corinthians 1:18–25

To some the cross is foolishness; to those being saved, it is the power of God

18For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those who are being saved, to us, it is the power of God.

19For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the discerning I will set aside.

20Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world?

21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who believe.

22For Jews ask for signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

23but we proclaim the Messiah crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to the nations foolishness,

24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

25For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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16I also immersed the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I immersed anyone else.

17For the Messiah did not send me to immerse but to proclaim the good news, not with wisdom of word, so that the cross of the Messiah may not be emptied.

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26For consider your calling, brothers: that not many were wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong things;

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