1 Corinthians 1:15-31

15so that no one would say you were baptized 1in my name. 16Now I did baptize also the 2household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 173For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, 4not in 5cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

18For the word of the cross is 6foolishness to 7those who 8are perishing, but to us who 9are being saved it is 10the power of God. 19For it is written, “11I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.” 2012Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of 13this age? Has not God 14made foolish the wisdom of 15the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God 16the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, 17God was well-pleased through the 18foolishness of the 19message preached to 20save those who believe. 22For indeed 21Jews ask for 22signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 23but we preach 2324Christ crucified, 25to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles 26foolishness, 24but to those who are 27the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ 28the power of God and 29the wisdom of God. 25Because the 30foolishness of God is wiser than men, and 31the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26For 32consider your 33calling, brethren, that there were 34not many wise according to 35the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27but 36God has chosen the foolish things of 37the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of 38the world to shame the things which are strong, 28and the base things of 39the world and the despised God has chosen, 40the things that are not, so that He may 41nullify the things that are, 29so that 42no 43man may boast before God. 30But 44by His doing you are in 45Christ Jesus, who became to us 46wisdom from God, 47and 48righteousness and 49sanctification, and 50redemption, 31so that, just as it is written, “51Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”