1 Corinthians 1:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

¹⁸ For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.

¹⁹ For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject.