19 And so the word of the Bible comes true:— “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will make nothing of the intelligence of those who profess to know.” (Isa xxix. 14.)
20 Where is the wise, the scribe, the learned investigator of material things? God makes the wisdom of the world foolishness,
21 forasmuch as it was in that wisdom that the world lost the knowledge of God, it was by reason of that that its eyes were closed, and lo! the wisdom of God now appearing is proclaimed as a thing foolish in the sight of that old wisdom; but the preaching of this heavenly word saves, it saves all who have faith in it, who accept it spiritually. It does not commend itself to the old thought.
22 The Jews demand miracles and signs, the Greeks ask first and last for wisdom,
23 but it is the crucified Christ that we preach, and that appears a fool's message to the Greeks, and a scandal to the Jews.
24 Think of it! God's power, God's wisdom, the Christ, takes on that semblance in the sight of men.
25 But there is more wisdom in God's foolishness than in men's cleverness, more strength in God's weakness than in human power.