²¹ For since, in the ^(A)wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. ²² For ^(B)Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; ²³ but we preach Christ crucified, ^(C)to the Jews a ^[a]stumbling block and to the ^[b]Greeks ^(D)foolishness, ²⁴ but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(E)the power of God and ^(F)the wisdom of God.