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But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,

and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may abolish the things that are,

so that no flesh may boast before God.

But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

And when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superiority of word or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the witness of God.

so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God predestined before the ages to our glory,

But just as it is written,"Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,And which have not entered the heart of man,All that God has prepared for those who love Him."

But to us God revealed them through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

For who among men knows the depths of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the depths of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the depths graciously given to us by God,

But a natural man does not accept the depths of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually examined.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

Do you not know that you are a sanctuary of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

If any man destroys the sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness";

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Let a man consider us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.