18 The message of the cross seems foolish to those who are lost, but to those who are saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18

19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will make the wisdom of the wise vain.
1 Corinthians 1:19

20 Where are the wise men? Where are the scholars? Where are the philosophies of this world? God has made the wisdom of this world foolish.
1 Corinthians 1:20

21 This is what God wanted with his wisdom; The world did not know God by its wisdom. That is why God used a message that seems foolish to save those who believe in it.
1 Corinthians 1:21

22 The Jews demand miracles as proof. The Greeks demanded wisdom.
1 Corinthians 1:22

23 But this is the message that we preach; Christ died on the cross. This is a big problem for the Jews. And to the non-Jews this seems foolish.
1 Corinthians 1:23

24 But unto the elect, both Jews and Greeks, and Christ, the power of God, and the wisdom of God;
1 Corinthians 1:24

25 The foolishness of God is far wiser than the wisdom of men. God’s weakness is also stronger than man’s.
1 Corinthians 1:25

26 Brothers and sisters, God has chosen you. Think about it. Many of you were not wise in the world. As the world judges wisdom. Most of you are not even influential. Most of you were not even from important families.
1 Corinthians 1:26

27 But God hath known the foolishness of the world, to put them to shame. God chose the weakest people in the world to shame the wise.
1 Corinthians 1:27

28 And God chose those whom the world careth not. He chooses people who are hated by the world and think they are useless. God chose them to destroy what the world valued.
1 Corinthians 1:28

29 God did this so that no one could boast before him.
1 Corinthians 1:29

30 God made you members of Christ Jesus. Christ is God-given wisdom for us. By Christ we are justified with God, and free from our sins. We are holy because of Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:30

31 Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If anyone is proud, let him be proud in the Lord alone.”
1 Corinthians 1:31