1 Corinthians 1
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1 Corinthians 1:24-28

24Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God,

25because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

26Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many were wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

27Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

28God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world  — what is viewed as nothing — to bring to nothing what is viewed as something,

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