1 Corinthians 1:20-25  Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁰ Where is the philosopher?^[a] Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age?^(A) Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish? ²¹ For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached. ²² For the Jews ask for signs^(B) and the Greeks seek wisdom, ²³ but we preach Christ crucified,^(C) a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.^{[b] 24} Yet to those who are called,^(D) both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom, ²⁵ because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.