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For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth;

For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification.

None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him,"

God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not ready for it; and even yet you are not ready,

for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving like ordinary men?

For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apol'los," are you not merely men?

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.

If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.

For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"

So let no one boast of men. For all things are yours,

I have applied all this to myself and Apol'los for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.