1 Corinthians 1:21-31

English Standard Version

²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach^[a] to save those who believe. ²² For ^(A)Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, ²³ but we preach Christ ^(B)crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, ²⁴ but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(C)the power of God and ^(D)the wisdom of God. ²⁵ For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶ For consider your calling, brothers: ^(E)not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,^[b] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. ²⁷ But ^(F)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^(G)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; ²⁸ God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^(H)things that are not, to ^(I)bring to nothing things that are, ²⁹ so ^(J)that no human being^[c] might boast in the presence of God. ³⁰ And because of him^[d] you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(K)wisdom from God, ^(L)righteousness and ^(M)sanctification and ^(N)redemption, ³¹ so that, as it is written, ^(O)“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”