1 Corinthians 1:20
1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law?
Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?
1 Corinthians 1:22-28
1:22 For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,
1:23 but we preach about a crucified Christ,
a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
1:24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom,
and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
1:26 Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.
1:27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.
1:28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,