1 Corinthians 1:19-21

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¹⁹For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”^[a]^(A)

²⁰Where is the wise person?^(B) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?^(C) Has not God made foolish^(D) the wisdom of the world? ²¹For since in the wisdom of God the world^(E) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save^(F) those who believe.^(G)

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1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14

Isaiah 29:14

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¹⁴Therefore once more I will astound these people
with wonder upon wonder;^(A)
the wisdom of the wise^(B) will perish,
the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.^(C)”

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Isaiah 29:14 En todas las Inglés

Isaiah 41:28-29

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²⁸I look but there is no one^(A)—
    no one among the gods to give counsel,^(B)
    no one to give answer^(C) when I ask them.
²⁹See, they are all false!
    Their deeds amount to nothing;^(D)
    their images^(E) are but wind^(F) and confusion.

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Isaiah 44:24-25

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Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

²⁴“This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,^(A) who formed^(B) you in the womb:^(C)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,^(D)
    who spreads out the earth^(E) by myself,
²⁵who foils^(F) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,^(G)
who overthrows the learning of the wise^(H)
    and turns it into nonsense,^(I)

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Isaiah 53:1

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53 Who has believed our message^(A)
and to whom has the arm^(B) of the Lord been revealed?^(C)

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Isaiah 53:1 En todas las Inglés

Romans 1:20-23

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²⁰For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made,^(A) so that people are without excuse.^(B)

²¹For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.^(C) ²²Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools^(D) ²³and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images^(E) made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

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1 Corinthians 1:22-23

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²²Jews demand signs^(A) and Greeks look for wisdom, ²³but we preach Christ crucified:^(B) a stumbling block^(C) to Jews and foolishness^(D) to Gentiles,